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Serious Games
Jan. 31st, 2007 10:54 amA Scholar Who Brings Philosophy to Video Games
By ANDREA L. FOSTER
Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 51, Issue 10, Page A33
Video-game developers can be visionaries, not just technicians, says Ian Bogost. His own career reflects that view.
Before his current appointment at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is an assistant professor in the university's School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Mr. Bogost worked in various digital-media studios as chief technology officer, interactive media developer, and digital-media consultant. His ideas on video-game rhetoric and criticism draw on his longtime interest in playing video games and his academic training in literature and philosophy.
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He had me up until he invoked Derrida.
Related article about Bogost, in the same issue with the same author:
Video Games With a Political Message
Georgia Tech professor devises interactive ways to look at campaigns and policy debates
By ANDREA L. FOSTER
Playing video games can persuade voters to change their minds on important political issues.
Startling but true, says Ian Bogost, an assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His passion for analyzing and designing video games has made him a hot commodity for political campaigns bent on creating interactive games that drive home a political message.
( Read more... )
By ANDREA L. FOSTER
Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 51, Issue 10, Page A33
Video-game developers can be visionaries, not just technicians, says Ian Bogost. His own career reflects that view.
Before his current appointment at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is an assistant professor in the university's School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Mr. Bogost worked in various digital-media studios as chief technology officer, interactive media developer, and digital-media consultant. His ideas on video-game rhetoric and criticism draw on his longtime interest in playing video games and his academic training in literature and philosophy.
( Read more... )
He had me up until he invoked Derrida.
Related article about Bogost, in the same issue with the same author:
Video Games With a Political Message
Georgia Tech professor devises interactive ways to look at campaigns and policy debates
By ANDREA L. FOSTER
Playing video games can persuade voters to change their minds on important political issues.
Startling but true, says Ian Bogost, an assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His passion for analyzing and designing video games has made him a hot commodity for political campaigns bent on creating interactive games that drive home a political message.
( Read more... )
