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World Congress 2021 • Jun 29, 2021

The Story of Games

Brenda Romero

Brenda Romero exposes video games as profound therapeutic tools that can outperform morphine. Learn how diverse developers are coding the future of interactive storytelling.

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8:11 min

Confronting prejudices in the gaming and tech industries

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Sharing a personal history of the video game industry

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Finding inspiration for real-world impact through video games

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The democratization of independent video game development

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Transitioning from open worlds to generative storytelling

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Academic research in games and virtual reality

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