Christian Schmidt was a games journalist and as such was last deputy editor-in-chief at GameStar magazine, but is now head of department at a games company. He belongs to the first generation to grow up with video games and never misses a chance to rub that on the nose of the second generation. He is also responsible for the well-known podcast Stay Forever.
All Sessions by Christian Schmidt
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20. Nov | Summit Day
The Summit Day will feature talks, project presentations, panel discussions, and workshops.
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Flawed, forgotten, fascinating: How the Stay Forever podcast explores irrelevant games, and what we can learn from them (+Q&As)
15:00 - 15:45In 2016, Stay Forever – Germany’s leading retro games podcast – introduced a side-project: Over the course of several weeks, the hosts Gunnar and Christian would individually play an obscure old game from the vast body of works that, well, didn’t exactly make it into the list of timeless classics. During this time, the two would meet every week to discuss their progress and reflect on their play experience. Pretty soon, this little experiment turned into a full-fledged series of expeditions into the scrapyards of gaming history, where we discovered that one person’s trash is another’s – our –treasure. Join us for an entertaining exhibition of the curious and enlightening artifacts that we brought back from these trips, which, through their existence, expand our understanding of the medium.20. Nov | Games Studies Summit: Paratextualizing GamesWhereroom 204