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67. Jose Zagal

1h 1m · BACKSTORY · 13 Sep 16:22

Games scholar Jose Zagal starts a new semester of Backstory, with discussions of Role-Playing Games Studies, the intricate web of influence among different game media, and identifying the ethical frameworks in Animal Crossing. If Emmanuel Kant made a videogame, what would it be like?

Jose at The University of Utah,
Jose on Twitter,
DiGRA,
Foundations of Digital Games Conference,
Role-Playing Games Studies: Transmedia Foundations (Use code FLR40 for a 20% discount!),
Videogames and the Ethics of Care (with John Murphy),
The Videogame Ethics Reader,
Ludoliteracy,
Examining 'RPG Elements': Systems of Character Progression (with Roger Altizer),
Pre-Order Star Crossed!

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