In Zachary Horton’s classes, playing games isn’t the main adventure — it’s making them. Horton, an associate professor in the English department, founded and directs the Vibrant Media Lab and helped make the DNID major.

The group, the Vibrant Media Lab, will present one of the earliest-created game consoles in history — the Magnavox Odyssey — to Pitt students on April 5 in order to promote a wider understanding of the history and culture behind video games along with the VML’s work for the past two years.