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Loot Boxes: The World of Microgambling in Video Games

Hello friends! 🤖 We (Samuel, Eva, & Cléa) are looking forward to presenting to you all on Tuesday!  We will be discussing the legal and psychological world of loot boxes (such a cool topic, we know – you snooze, you lose!). In preparation for Tuesday, here is an outline of our presentation, and a spoiler […]

Class 4 Slides & Video – “Consciousness & Video Gaming”
Class 3 Slides & Video – “Video-Games & Their Meanings”
UBC Games & Social Justice Lecture Series

UBC Games & Social Justice Lecture Series

FYI…if of interest please check out the Games & Social Justice lecture series. Clicking on the poster below will take you to a linked Canvas Announcement that has a lot more detail. Note that the first of several events is this Thursday afternoon.

Class 2 Slides & Video – “Gamifying Life: Why Games?”
Class 1 Slides & Video – “Introduction to the Course”
Back to the Future – Welcome VGL Cohort 2025

Back to the Future – Welcome VGL Cohort 2025

Welcome to Video Game Law. We talked today about some of the things that have happened in this course over the last twenty years. Turns out I underestimated the number of webpages on this site – it’s 107. What  hits me (rather hard it turns out) are memories of the many extraordinary students that have […]