July: Talk -- A Decade of Indies by Celia Pearce

A Decade of Indies: A View from the Trenches

IndieCade Co-founder Celia Pearce talks about the epic changes that have taken place in the indie space—including its growing influence on mainstream gaming—since IndieCade launched its first showcase at E3 in 2007.

Celia Pearce is a game designer, artist, curator, author, teacher, and serial instigator. She currently holds a position as Associate Professor of Game Design at Northeastern University. Her games have been featured at Come Out & Play, Different Games, Boston Festival of Independent Games, CHI, and SIGGRAPH. She is co-founder and Festival Chair of IndieCade, where she is also responsible for inclusiveness initiatives, and also served as co-curator for XYZ: Alternative Voices in Video Games. She has written numerous papers, as well as books on game culture, including Communities of Play (MIT Press, 2009). She is also co-founder of Ludica women’s game collective, which authored a chapter for the previous volume in this series, beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat.

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