The Art of Failure

All video-gamers know the frustrated controller smashing and console cursing that accompany the activity’s supposed fun. Tonight game researcher Jesper Juul—whose new book, The Art of Failure, covers the topic—joins fellow academics and the designers of Johann Sebastian Joust, Die Gute Fabrik, to examine the pleasure of hard games. In addition to talking, the panel will try their hand at some particularly challenging games, for your edification. R.S.V.P. is required.