Jim will be participating at Worldcon in both game designer and writer modes, so they’re keeping him pretty busy. I’ll join him on the very last panel on the very last day to talk about Zygote Games.
Here's the schedule:
Thu 14:00 Want to Play a Game? Teaching Other People to Play
How many times have you flipped through the rulebook, trying to find answers while others wonder "can we just start playing already?" Learn what not to tell people, why the rulebooks are bad and other ways of assuring that you're not ruining a good game with a bad explanation.
James L. CAMBIAS, Michele ELLINGTON, Terry O'BRIEN
Fri 10:00 James L. CAMBIAS reads “The Dinosaur Train” (forthcoming in F&SF)
Fri 16:00 Kaffeeklatsche with James L. CAMBIAS
Sun 10:00 Alternate Futures
We talk about alternate histories, but there are also alternate futures. What futures might plausibly grow from today? Are the traditional SF futures still possible? Is history really at an end? How do you build a future anyway? How about futures based on alternate pasts -- do they count?
Charles STROSS, James L. CAMBIAS
Sun 14:00 Free Will? Or Neurochemistry?
Some behaviors (anger, violence) might be neurological in nature. If these traits can be identified and treated, what implications does this have on social interactions, legal contracts and frameworks? The social contract? The idea of individual responsibility? Could we program ourselves into becoming mindless sheep? Should we?
Eileen GUNN, Jack William BELL, James L. CAMBIAS
Mon 11:00 The Zygote (Games) Panel
The last panel of the convention. We talk about Zygotes or whatever other fancy comes to mind.
James L. CAMBIAS, Diane A. KELLY
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