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Geek Week will be taking over the UWM campus March 5-9 with dozens of events celebrating science, gaming, fiction and other bits of nerdy brilliance.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s featured speaker is video game developer Mackey McCandlish. Best known for his work on Activision\u2019s blockbuster \u201cCall of Duty\u201d series, his team broke away from the mega-publisher to found Respawn Entertainment, releasing the popular \u201cTitanfall.\u201d McCandlish will be talking about his experiences with game production and his outlook on game design at 6 p.m. March 6 in the Union Ballroom.<\/p>\n

UWM is also hosting a panel exploring the role of comics and gaming in driving social change and a workshop on navigating the tough but exciting business of self-publishing.<\/p>\n

Trivia hounds can show they\u2019re worthy of the title of Maester at \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d trivia or stop by the Tournament of Champions to take on Chancellor Mark Mone.<\/p>\n

The LGBT Resource Center will be hosting an Anime Ice Cream Social featuring a showing of an episode of \u201cYuri!!! On Ice\u201d and \u201cThe Legend of Korra\u201d as well as a GAYme Night focusing on video, board and card games.<\/p>\n

For those who want to get off campus, there will be local tours including a STEM-centric exploration of Milwaukee and a trip to the Milwaukee Public Museum, as well as a geocaching hunt.<\/p>\n

Other events include a screening of the new \u201cJumanji\u201d film, an improv show, a Rubik\u2019s Cube magician and Star Wars Cosmic Bowling. There will also be a number of craft projects and exhibitions around campus, including a Minecraft installation in the library.<\/p>\n

A full list of events and activities can be found on Geek Week\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look<\/a> at last year’s Geek Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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