Participants at the Whaaat!?Festival playing videogames on large screens.

Second annual Whaaat!? Festival attracts more than 250 game aficionados

Oct. 7, 2019

Matt Bethancourt and Danny Rankin started the Whaaat!? festival in order to geek-out with a group of like-minded game developers; in just the second year, the all-day event attracted more than 250 participants.

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Registration opens for second annual Whaaat!? festival

Sept. 14, 2019

The 2019 Whaaat!? festival is almost here, and like last year's inaugural event, it promises something for every game aficionado: weird new games, old dusty games, overlooked gems, games with bizarre controllers, games that live in art museums and even games that may start arguments over what the game actually...

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New ATLAS games festival highlights experiences that make you say "Whaaat!?"

Sept. 14, 2018

"Whaaat!? A festival for games and experimental interactions" featured a large number of experimental tabletop and electronic games, and a large vintage arcade featuring games from the 1970s and 80s. Central to the event was a series of talks and workshops on the art form of game design.

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Two ATLAS faculty members show games at XOXO festival

鈥淚t鈥檚 crazy that two ATLAS games are going to be there,鈥 says Matt Bethancourt, 鈥淚t shows we are doing really good work.鈥

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Q & A with Creative Industries graduate Danny Rankin

Feb. 1, 2018

Instructor Danny Rankin discusses his research, classes and more in an interview with 抖阴旅行射 Connections.

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Game design class births survival quest featuring magic mushrooms, rabid raccoons and cannibalism

Nov. 27, 2017

ATLAS graduate student Danny Rankin, who graduated in May from the CTD track of the ATLAS master's program, launches a survivalist board game that exceeds promoter's Kickstarter goal by more than 2,000 percent.

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Danny Rankin: Hacker, Farmer, Technologist, Designer

May 1, 2017

鈥淗e doesn鈥檛 fit any single box. Everyone in ATLAS knows and respects Danny. He embodies so much of who we are as an interdisciplinary institute.鈥

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