Few mediums sell fantasy to its audience better than video games. While television, film, and even literature often try to immerse the audience (and often succeed), video games thrive off the immersion the medium requires. From Baldur’s Gate to Hades to Zelda, it should come as no surprise that for many fantasy lovers video games is their medium of choice. This panel will talk about fantasy-based video games, how they continue to move fantasy forward and what they bring to the genre.
From Epic Fantasy to Urban Fantasy, Sword and Soul to Dark Fantasy, and everything in between: the fantasy genre is an expansive one full of imagination and wonder. As we explore how deep the rabbit hole goes, we’ll look at fantasy on the page and off, so grab your world map and gather your party to join us for a quest for the ages!