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The GAME School

We are Arizona State University's The GAME School. GAME = Games + Arts + Media + Engineering.

We equip students with technofluency, critical thinking and the skills to positively impact a world shaped by technology. The ASU School of Arts, Media + Engineering is part of the Herberger Institute for Design + the Arts. The Herberger Institute is comprised of six schools: Art; Arts, Media + Engineering; Dance; Design; Music; Theatre and Film; and the ASU Art Museum. View the Dean's message at http://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/institute/

10/06/2026

Last week, Associate Professor Christy Spackman dived deep into the topic of water on the Sept. 29 episode of the “Distillations” podcast hosted by the Science History Institute.💧

She joined reporter and producer Caitlin Faulds to discuss tap water as an industrialized beverage, chemophobia, public water systems and more.🚰

You can find the episode on the Science History Institute’s website as well as on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and additional platforms!

🔊 Listen to the episode at https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/distillations-pod/jersey-citys-secret-water-experiment

10/01/2026

Hop on your Chocobo and trot like a Cactuar to The Phoenix Symphony this weekend to experience “Final Symphony: Music from 'Final Fantasy.'”🎻 The GAME School will have a special interactive exhibit in the lobby prior to Saturday’s show, so come say, “Hi”! As part of our partnership, the Symphony is offering us a 20% discount on tickets* with the promo code FANTASY27. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to hear some of your favorite "Final Fantasy" music brought to life! 🎟️ Get your tickets at https://www.phoenixsymphony.org/shows/final-symphony-music-from-final-fantasy/
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09/30/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Arizona State University–Tempe on placing 🇺🇸 #24 (out of 1,369) in the U.S. and 🌎 #33 (out of 6,010) in the world for Art and Design in EduRank's 2026 research rankings — an area with strong connections across ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.

ASU also made a strong showing in fields closely connected to The GAME School:
🎮 #33 in the U.S. for Game Design and Development
✨ #22 in the U.S. for Entertainment Industry Business

Interested in studying where games, technology, design and entertainment intersect? Explore degrees like our BS in Game Design and MS in Entertainment Engineering at thegameschool.asu.edu.

09/27/2026

🎮 The GAME School is all over ReMix the Future 2026!

From immersive experiences and interactive installations to games, motion capture and XR, our faculty, students, alumni and the Endless Games and Learning Lab are bringing plenty to explore at the ASU MIX Center, Oct. 15–18.

Highlights include:
🎤 A kickoff keynote from Elina Ollila
💡 Immersive Experience Design and Interactive Installation Design tracks led by Sven Ortel and alum Xavier Nokes, with DB Bauer serving as a track captain
🎮 Open Lab sessions with Endless Games and Learning Lab, where you can play, climb and earn Play Microcerts from Endless and Skillprint
🥋 A martial arts and motion capture demo with James Sypherd
⚔️ A student-developed live action role-playing (LARP) experience, hosted by Arin Sparrow Dineen
🥽 An XR design track for high school students with a chance to earn a microcredential from The GAME School and Dreamscape Learn, kicked off with a presentation from Pavan Turaga

Come play, create and imagine what’s next at "ReMix the Future 2026: Play Attention!" Time is running out. Make sure to register to participate by Sept. 30!

🔗 Learn more: https://tech.asu.edu/remixthefuture

09/26/2026

September 18-20 was quite a weekend as our ASU team — the Game Devils — competed in the Arizona Game Cup, hosted this year at University of Advancing Technology!

Eleven teams of university and community college students from across the state had two days, September 19 and 20, to design, build and present a game. The Game Devils, supported by the Endless Games and Learning Lab and The GAME school, went up against all of them and came away with second place. Congratulations to the 2026 champions, Grand Canyon University!

Our thanks to Unity for presenting the event and to Bradston Henry, Unity's senior advocate for education, who led the judging and spent the whole weekend with the teams.

Now we're looking ahead to Flagstaff, where the Arizona teams meet next year at Northern Arizona University. Follow the Arizona Game Cup on LinkedIn to see highlights and updates!

09/24/2026

🔦Our latest class spotlight is on MDC 211: Intro to Digital Sound, which starts soon on Oct. 14 in Session B! In this class, you will:
🔍 Examine how technology is used by consumers and creators as you explore music and its role in our lives.
🔊 Work with digital sound while learning key historical and theoretical concepts.
🎵 Develop sonic and music skills as you dive into software programs and basic digital signal processing and editing techniques.
💻 Get creative with coding languages and digital audio workstations (DAWs).

MDC 211 is fully online and available asynchronously. Register at https://ow.ly/JBhl50ZQORU.

09/22/2026

Slow down, tune in and experience the Salt River in a new way.🔊🌊

Led by graduate student Ryan Mores, this gathering in Stauffer B-127's listening dome on Sept. 25 from 3–5 p.m. will take you through active listening, moments of reflection and creative writing.👂✍️You'll explore the river as a source of inspiration, memory and connection.

No writing experience is necessary, just curiosity and a willingness to listen! Gather in community to discover how sound, story and place can deepen our relationship with one of Arizona's most iconic waterways.

This event is open to all ages and experience levels. RSVP at https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/salt-river-sounds-immersive-listening-creative-writing-experience

09/18/2026

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jaime Kirtz on her newly published chapter in the book “The Aesthetics of Machine Vision” issued by The MIT Press this month!

Kirtz’s chapter, “Domestication,” provides a critical reflection on emerging issues of privacy, surveillance and labor with the implementation of AI and machine vision in smart home devices.🏠 👀

📖 Check out the book at https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262054171/the-aesthetics-of-machine-vision

09/17/2026

Come see our students and faculty from The GAME School and other ASU units who will be representing at the upcoming AI Entertainment Conference hosted by AI Film 3 on September 17–19 in Tempe and Phoenix!

Director Pavan Turaga and Assistant Professor Pooyan Fazli will be hosting an ASU student panel at 1:20 p.m. titled "Higher Education and the Student Perspective" at Galvanize Phoenix on Saturday, September 19. The panel includes undergraduate and graduate students from multiple departments, including 🎮The GAME School; 🎨The Design School at ASU; 👗ASU FIDM; 🎹ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre; and the 🤖ASU School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence.

Then at 2:15 p.m., Mark Ollila, professor of practice and director of ASU's Endless Games and Learning Lab, will be a guest speaker at the "Entertainment and AI Roundtable" with Matthew Earl Jones and Gabriel Bey!

Learn more and register at aifilm3.com.

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950 S. Forest Mall, Rm 217
Tempe, AZ
85287

Website

http://thegameschool.asu.edu/, http://linktree.com/ASUame

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