Pitt Games Reading Group Main Page

Welcome to the Pitt Games Reading Group main page! Below you will find a mailing list sign-up sheet, general information about the group, details about our next meeting, and links to previous meetings.

For more information, please reach out to me by email: addison[dot]eldin[at]pitt[dot]edu

If you intend to attend, please sign up for our mailing list!

General

The Pitt Games Reading Group meets once or twice per semester and is open to students and faculty/staff at the University of Pittsburgh.

When we meet, we will discuss a game played in advance of the meeting, and then consider its design, story, aesthetic, and more. We will also discuss a supplemental reading that gives useful context to the game under focus.

This group is a great opportunity for aspiring designers, avid game players, and those interested in the study/analysis of games to gather and explore the medium together, through examples that engage us in novel and unexpected ways.

Next Meeting

Fall 2025

Meeting Details: November 7th, 2025, 3:30–5:00PM, CL 407

Game: Starship Titanic (1998) by the Digital Village and Douglas Adams

Reading: excerpts from The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time by Douglas Adams (pp. 85–121; 155–160)

Discussion Questions:

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Previous Meetings

None yet!

Acknowledgments

This club was and run by started by Justin Bortnick, who kindly offered several reference materials that were used for this page.