Unlv Gaming Podcast

The latest podcast has been posted: 66-March 18, 2015 Laurie Arnold "Indian Gaming, American Anxiety" In this March 18,, 2015 Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Arnold discusses the history of Indian gaming from native community perspectives. Viewed through this lens, tribes are motivated by tribal self-determination and sovereignty to engage in gaming development. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View the flyer (pdf)

The latest UNLV Gaming Podcast is now up: 65-January 15, 2015 Catherine Borg "Scouted: An Inadvertent Archive from the Search for a Cinematic Vegas" In this January 15, 2015 Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Borg discusses her artistic re-use of Maggie Mancuso's material housed at UNLV Special Collections, which was generated during the location scouting for Martin Scorcese's Casino. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View the slideshow (pdf)

The latest UNLV Gaming Podcast has been posted: 64-November 18, 2014 Jack Harpster "The Curious Life of Nevada's Lavere Redfield" In this interview, author Jack Harpster discusses the subject of his most recent book, a Northern Nevada millionaire who was reportedly the state's first ultra-high limit gambler. Listen to the audio file (mp3) Subscribe to the UNLV Gaming podcast in iTunes, subscribe to the RSS feed, or listen via the link above. 

Today's Gaming Research Colloquium talk by Richard Williams has been posted as the latest UNLV Gaming Podcast: 63-May 30, 2014 Richard Williams“Erle Stanley Gardner in Las Vegas” In this May 30 Gaming Reserarch Colloquium talk, Williams discusses the manuscript history of Gardner's 1941 novel Spill the Jackpot and issues of gambling relevant to that history. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View the flyer (pdf) For more podcasts, visit the Podcast page.

The latest UNLV Gaming Podcast is up: 62-May 15, 2014 Stefan Al "Casino Architecture Wars: A History of How Las Vegas Developers Compete with Architectural Design." In this May 15 Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Al explores how various architectural aspects of Las Vegas Strip casino complexes have evolved – including architectural typology, signage, porte-cocheres, atriums and pools – from 1941 until today. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View the flyer (pdf) Listen to more podcasts on the podcast page.

The latest podcast has been posted, and is available here and in iTunes: 61-April 11, 2014 Stephen Andrade "Brave New Play: A Brief Look at Digital Natives, Changing Play Ecosystems, and Wager-Based Gaming" In this April 11 Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Andrade presents some recent research and insights into new forms of popular digital and reality-based play. New game forms such as cosplay, larping, virtual-location based games, co-presence, and play communities are established norms of play with tens-of-thousands of players/participants and gaining popularity as productive gaming communities. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View the flyer (pdf)

The latest UNLV Gaming Podcast is up: 59-March 27, 2014 Lee Scrivner "Las Vegas: An Atemporal History" In this 3/27 Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Scrivner discusses how Las Vegas is associated with the deconstruction of time, particularly in its casinos. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View the flyer (pdf) See more podcasts here.

The latest UNLV Gaming Podcast is up: 58-March 21, 2014 Robert Miller "Paradise of Spectacle: Imagining and Re-presenting Casino Resorts as Spaces of Luxury and Leisure in the Twentieth Century" In this 3/21/14 Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Miller (Assistant Instructor and PhD Candidate in History, University of Kansas) examines how Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, Havana, and Macau each created spatial imaginaries that helped to anchor the cities as destinations centered around gambling. Each locale shares cosmopolitanism, luxury, and spectacle, allowing them to draw on a large cross-section of the public. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View the flyer (pdf)

The latest UNLV Gaming Podcast is available: 57-March 18, 2014 Michelle Robinson "Billy Graham Comes to Las Vegas: Faith at Work on the Strip" In this 3/18/14 Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Robinson (assistant professor of American Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill) discusses Graham's 1978 crusade in Las Vegas, considering its attempts to change perceptions of the city, and how it altered the dynamics of religion in the tourist corridor. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View the flyer (pdf) You can listen to it via iTunes or download the mp3.

Here is the latest UNLV Gaming Podcast. This is a long one, but a good one: 56-March 3, 2014 Jay Sarno Roundtable Audio of the 3/2/2014 UNLV Libraries Jay Sarno Roundtable. Jay Sarno did more than build two of the most iconic casinos in the world, Caesars Palace and Circus Circus. He created the mold for modern Las Vegas. In this panel discussion, those who knew him best will talk about his contributions and his quirks. Panelists include: Oscar Goodman, Mel Larson, Dana Gentry, Jay C. Sarno, September Sarno, Freddie Sarno, and Heidi Sarno Straus. The panel is moderated by CGR Director David G. Schwartz. It truly was an honor to take part in this. If you want to learn more about Jay Sarno, I humbly suggest reading Grandissimo: The First Emperor of Las Vegas. You can find more podcasts here. 

The latest episode of the UNLV Gaming Podcast has been posted: 55-February 23, 2014 Larry Gragg Audio of the 2/23/2014 UNLV Libraries Author Event featuring Larry Gragg, author of Bright Light City: Las Vegas in Popular Culture. Remarks by CGR Director Dave Schwartz and historian Michael Green. Dr. Gragg's talk is about the interactions between Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and the Las Vegas community.

The latest UNLV Gaming Podcast is up: 54-October 7, 2013Rex J. Rowley Audio recording of the 10/06/13 UNLV Libraries Author Series event featuring Rex. J. Rowley, author of Everyday Las Vegas: Local Life in a Tourist Town. Includes remarks by Libraries Dean Patricia Iannuzzi, CGR Director Dave Schwartz, and Rowley. Listen to the audio file (mp3) The audio is a bit rough at the start, but it improves greatly about a minute in.  

We've posted a new podcast: 53-May 16, 2013 Brian Beaton "Drawing Crowds to Citizen Science Data Collection and Analysis as Everyday Gaming" In this Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Beaton (Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh) discusses what citizen science initiative can learn from the history of public participation in non-profit gambling enterprises such as bingo. Listen to the audio file (mp3) 053_beaton.mp3(pdf)

The latest podcast is up: 52-May 9, 2013 David T. Courtwright "Learning from Las Vegas: Addiction, Limbic Capitalism, and Pleasure Meccas" In this Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Courtwright (Presidential Professor, Department of History, University of North Florida) discusses three overlapping features of modern history: the global spread of potentially addictive pleasures, limbic capitalism (the production of goods and services that stimulate pleasure and emotional responses in the brain), and the rise of pleasure meccas. He traces the economic, social, technological, and ideological changes that led to the rise of the meccas, and several potential challenges to them. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View the flyer (pdf)

UNLV Gaming Podcast 51 is up: April 11, 2013 Stephen Andrade In this Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Andrade (Associate Professor of Computer Graphics, Johnson & Wales Universityy) discusses his research the history of visual metaphor in games of chance, stretching from early playing cards to new online games designed to appeal to "digital natives."   Listen to the audio file (mp3) View the flyer (pdf) This is a great talk that should interest everyone--and I mean everyone--who works in or follows the gaming industry, or wants to see where it's going.

50-April 2, 2013 Diana Tracy Cohen In this Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Cohen (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Central Connecticut State University) discusses her research into how Las Vegas has marketed itself to families. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View the flyer (pdf)

49-February 14, 2013 David J. Hart In this Gaming Research Colloquium talk,Hart, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at West Texas A & M University, discusses the links between epilepsy, gambling, and the birth of probability in the early modern period. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View flyer (pdf)

48-January 31,2013 Beverly Geesin In this Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Geesin, Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the York St John University Business School, discusses the relationship between the marketing of Las Vegas and the surveillance that is endemic in casinos. Listen to the audio file (mp3) View flyer (pdf)

New podcast posted: chef Julian Serrano talks about the career that has seen him inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame.