The collapse of the USSR and the cultural revolution called "Perestroika" were reflected in numerous contemporaneous films, books and surprisingly even in video games. Games were just entering the mainstream, invisible to censorship and inaccessible to most of the public, and nevertheless multiple games trying to represent the historical moment appeared in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This talk looks at three video games made in different parts of the Soviet Union during the Perestroika as relics testifying to the confusion, anxiety and optimism of the Post-Soviet 1990s.
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Monday, September 8
Let's Play Perestroika!
Three video games from the end of the Soviet Union
Time:
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Presenter:
Daniil Leiderman
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
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Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Contact:
Angel Cramer
Contact Email:
crees@pitt.edu