Learn about a new trend among gamers: returning to the past, which may be also a journey to the future of video games, as more and more of new titles are inspired by the early games. Both new and retro games will be discussed by Piotr Bieńkowski (the former head of the iconic magazine The World of Computer Games) and Konrad Baśkiewicz (the founder of Museum of Consoles and Video Games in Bydgoszcz), and the meeting will be hosted by Paweł Schreiber (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz).
You can view the material presenting the Museum of Consoles and Video Games at kultureo.pl.
Konrad Baśkiewicz
the founder of Museum of Consoles and Video Games in Bydgoszcz Prehistoria.pl. Co-organizer and lecturer of many exhibitions organized by Prehistoria.pl, promoting knowledge on consoles and video games. He is a collector and enthusiast of consoles and an avid gamer. His museum collection comprises more than 500 exhibits, the oldest of which are 50 years.
Piotr Pieńkowski
long-time editor-in-chief of one of the oldest magazine on computer games in Poland, published for many years, The World of Computer Games, as well as of Gamelog web portal. He created, managed or/and published such magazines as Top Games, SFera, Cybermycha, Bajtuś. In 2014, a board game designed by Piotr, Zombie Attack, was launched. Currently, he lectures in game studies and design (Gamedec) at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz.
Paweł Schreiber
senior Lecturer at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Department of English, an expert in contemporary British theater. A theater critic (writing for Teatr and Didaskalia periodicals). The co-founder of jawnesny.pl, a blog dealing with video games and their relation to different aspects of culture. Schreiber is the co-author of the curriculum for the Gamedec – Video Game Research and Design program taught at the University. His articles on video games appeared in the following magazines and papers: Przekrój, Didaskalie, Chimera, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, and, most recently, Pixel.
Everyone who creates a new account at www.shop.pixel-magazine.com during the festival, that is between April 18 and 24, 2021, will receive the latest issue of Pixel magazine, 68 (4/2021) for free.
