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Cardboard Computer have given talks and lectures at various events.

2013

Designing for Mystery in Kentucky Route Zero

Given at Game Developers Conference 2013 in San Francisco.

• Viewable on the GDC Vault (YouTube mirror)

WordPlay Discussion

Given at WordPlay 2013 in Toronto.

• Viewable on YouTube
• Event page

2014

The Half Asleep Moments

Given at PRACTICE: Game Design in Detail 2014 in New York.

• Viewable on YouTube
• Event page

Scenography of Kentucky Route Zero

Given at Game Developers Conference 2014 in San Francisco.

• Viewable on the GDC Vault (YouTube mirror)

2015

The now Now NOW – realtime text & type

Given at A MAZE. / Berlin 2015 in Berlin.

• Viewable on YouTube (camera view)
• Audio recording
• Event page

Behind The Scenes Tour Of Kentucky Route Zero

Given at the UCLA Game Lab in Los Angeles.

• Event page & photo gallery

UCLA Design Media Arts lecture

Given as part of the DMA 2014-15 Lecture Series (with UCLA Game Lab) in Los Angeles.

• Viewable on YouTube (HQ video)
• Event page / Related event page

2017

Industry Talk, Louisville Makes Games!

Given at Louisville Makes Games! 2017 in Louisville.

• About Here And There Along The Echo. Viewable on YouTube

Playful Text

Given at Konsoll 2017 in Bergen.

• Viewable on YouTube

2018

Strange Interludes

Given at PLAY ME! in Copenhagen.

• Event page

2019

How to Listen to a Cave

Given at IULM University in Milan.

• Tickets page

How to Get Lost in a Cave

Given at IULM University in Milan.

• Viewable on YouTube
• Event page

FEAR AND WONDER II: An Expedition through the Landscapes of Fiction talk

Given as part of "Musical Imaginaries, Writhing Bodies and Costumed Cultures" at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles.

• Viewable on Livestream (from 17:15 to 36:35)
• Event page

2022

The Craft of Writing for Games - Expert Panel

Part of LudoNarraCon 2022.

• Viewable on YouTube

2025

Jake Elliott, Tamas Kemenczy, and Ben Babbitt: Kentucky Route Zero

Part of Conversations at the Edge (CATE) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

• Event page

Year of Games Symposium

At the University of Chicago.

• Event page