Gamescape (and Pokemon!) at UB
July 14, 2016
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
The University of Baltimore is hosting Gamescape, a takeover of Gordon Plaza and the Learning Commons as exhibition space dedicated to the gamer experience, on July 14-17. It's all part of a weekend of Artscape, the country's largest public arts festival. Pokemon Go is part of the fun—Pokestop lures will be set up at the University’s Student Center and the Edgar Allan Poe statue, both located on the corner of Mt. Royal and Maryland avenues.
This year's Artscape theme is "Explore What's Out There," and UB is tying into that theme through its Gamescape space by imagining the campus in the distant future. Visitors will have a chance to take photos with aliens and Hon-bots, discover the types of majors college students might pursue 800 years from now, and more. UB also will host an indoor exhibition where visitors can browse and interact with selected video games from local and national video game developers, as well as play more than 30 classic arcade games.
For Pokemon Go, lures at Gamescape locations will be active continuously from noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Learn more about Artscape and Gamescape.