{"584391":{"#nid":"584391","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Nina Says So: An Exhibition of Games by Nina Freeman","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECharis, Dear Games and student organizers from Georgia Tech are\u0026nbsp;proud to present a curated collection of games by digital artist\u0026nbsp;Nina Freeman (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ninasays.so\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/ninasays.so\/\u003C\/a\u003E). 6 of Nina\u0026#39;s games will be on\u0026nbsp;display in an arcade cabinet designed and developed by Georgia\u0026nbsp;Tech students. The games are free to play and open to the public.\u0026nbsp;Starting at 8 PM, join us for a Q\u0026amp;A session over Skype with Nina\u0026nbsp;in NYC. This is a Charis Circle founding the future of feminism\u0026nbsp;event and the suggested donation is $5.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETHE GAMES\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E1 \/\/ MY HOUSE MY RULES:\u0026nbsp;My House My Rules is a game about a little girl and her snack\u0026nbsp;stash. Her moms don\u0026#39;t allow snacks, so she has to sneak around\u0026nbsp;the house and save them for later.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E2 \/\/ FRESHMAN YEAR: Freshman Year, which features art by Laura Knetzger, follows\u0026nbsp;Nina as she heads to a bar to meet a friend who won\u0026#39;t respond to\u0026nbsp;her texts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E3 \/\/ SPACE DAD:\u0026nbsp;A little girl wonders where her dad is. He\u0026#39;s not home much.\u0026nbsp;He\u0026#39;s a truck driver, traveling far and wide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E4 \/\/ LADYLIKE:\u0026nbsp;In Ladylike, you control a conversation between a young girl\u0026nbsp;and her mother during a drive to the mall. The conversation\u0026nbsp;always leads to a disappointing finale.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E5 \/\/ A PRETTY ORNAMENT I MADE:\u0026nbsp;Based off a poem Nina wrote in 2011, a young girl quickly\u0026nbsp;assembles ornaments as an argument between her parents rapidly\u0026nbsp;escalates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E6 \/\/ HOKUTO NO HUCHEN: The inspiration for this game comes from a fishing trip Nina\u0026nbsp;went on with her dad. He caught a sunfish and thought it would be\u0026nbsp;funny to swing it around on the line.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMore about Nina and her work:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENina Freeman is a video game designer known for games with themes\u0026nbsp;of sexuality and self-reflection. She is currently a game\u0026nbsp;designer at Fullbright, and she was included in Forbes 2015 list\u0026nbsp;of influential video game industry figures. Freeman is also a\u0026nbsp;co-founder of The Code Liberation Foundation, a program offering\u0026nbsp;free development workshops in order to facilitate the creation of\u0026nbsp;video games by women.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The punk poet of gaming\u0026quot; \u0026mdash;Keith Stuart, The Guardian\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Her autobiographical games are nostalgic, poetic, and real\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash;Melissa Henderson, XOJane\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Indie games are better because of Nina Freeman\u0026rsquo;s personal\u0026nbsp;stories\u0026quot; \u0026mdash;Allegra Frank, Polygon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECharis, Dear Games and student organizers from Georgia\u0026nbsp;Tech are proud to present a curated collection of games by Nina\u0026nbsp;Freeman\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Charis, Dear Games and student organizers from Georgia\u00a0Tech are proud to present a curated collection of games by Nina\u00a0Freeman"}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-11-29 19:56:31","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:13:49","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-12-06T19:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-12-06T21:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-12-06T21:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-12-07 00:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-12-07 02:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-12-07 02:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"584392":{"id":"584392","type":"image","title":"Nina Says So","body":null,"created":"1480449412","gmt_created":"2016-11-29 19:56:52","changed":"1480449412","gmt_changed":"2016-11-29 19:56:52","alt":"","file":{"fid":"222810","name":"tumblr_ohe3toyHAc1r9ojiho1_540.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tumblr_ohe3toyHAc1r9ojiho1_540.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tumblr_ohe3toyHAc1r9ojiho1_540.png","mime":"image\/png","size":30313,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tumblr_ohe3toyHAc1r9ojiho1_540.png?itok=R7tVhX60"}}},"media_ids":["584392"],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESarah Marland\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:smarland3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esmarland3@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}