Celia Pearce

Celia Pearce in the Press

Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, Disney’s live-in theme park, could change how we vacation

“Before ‘Pokémon Go,’ if you asked me what an [augmented reality game] was, it would take me 10 minutes to explain it to you,” says Celia Pearce, a game designer and professor of games at Northeastern University. “So now when someone asks me what a LARP is, I’m going to say, ‘Like Galactic Starcruiser.’ Everyone […]

Science Friday

Science Friday’s Second Life: The Voyage Home

We’ll also hear from Celia Pearce, an associate professor of game design at Northeastern University, and Katherine Isbister, a human computer interaction and games researcher at the the University of California, Santa Cruz, about how virtual worlds like Second Life can help us cope with the quarantine-induced reality we live in now.

Do we need a COVID-19 video game? How about 51 games? I think we might

“People are just walking down the screen and you’re trying to keep them far apart. Then it adds the variable of masks. Then it adds the variable of sick people. Then you have to prioritize,” says IndieCade’s Celia Pearce, a game designer and professor at Northeastern University.

A person's hands picking up a card from a stack of cards labeled 'Prompt'. They're sitting next to a stack of cards labeled 'Modifier'.

Can you spot AI in a room full of humans? Students’ fun card game will test your skills

In their game, Northeastern students Jacob Ohlson and William Wennik want you to do your best chatbot impersonation.

older person playing a video game on a monitor

Why the video game industry is making a big mistake by ignoring older adults

More than 50 million people over the age of 50 are playing video games, yet the game industry continues to ignore and struggle to reach them, says Northeastern University game design experts.

Schools in India don’t teach soft skills. This entrepreneur does

Are energy drinks the new cigarettes? England thinks so

Looking for an environmentally friendly drinking straw? The answer may surprise you

China’s ‘super embassy’ proposal in London sparks spying fears