With recent mass shootings in the US and politicians looking for someone to blame, the games industry finds itself once more under fire for its representation of violence in video games. Even though little evidence supports the link between acts of violence and video games, the industry is doing some soul-searching; how do we present […]
Category: talks and conferences
Nordic Game 2018 – ‘Gamification is Just Icing on a Lousy Cake’
At the 2018 Nordic Game conference in Malmo, Sweden, games developers, designers and publishers discussed new trends and recent success stories in the games industry. This year the program included a range of talks exploring the challenges and opportunities for games beyond entertainment. In her talk ‘Gamification is Just Icing on a Lousy Cake’ Kite […]