Dr. Christopher Patterson has been invited to speak at the 2016  National Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Conference from 22nd to 25th March 2016 in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Patterson will present a paper entitled “Heroes of the Open World: Killing as Militouristic Pleasure in Ubisoft’s Far Cry Series” in the panel of “Game Studies: Conflict in Gaming”. More information of the conference can be found at http://ncp.pcaaca.org/.