Joaquín Siabra

Base

Country

Spain

Institutional affiliation

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Title

Licenciado en Informática (UPM), Licenciado en Filosofía (UAM)

Research interests relevant to game philosophy

My primary interest is the construction of space and meaning in videogames. Topics of particular interest include the ontology of virtual objects and the political implications of games.

Publications and presentations relevant to game philosophy

-Bosquejo de una metafísica del videojuego. Círculo Rojo, 2012.
-Half-Minute Hero and the genre-dependent construction of spatiality in videogames. The Philosophy of Computer Games Conference, Bergen 2013
-Una monadología enana: sobre el principio de razón suficiente en Dwarf Fortress. Bit y aparte. Revista interdisciplinar de estudios videolúdicos, 2013.
-Manic Miner under the Shadow of the Colussus : a Semiotic Analysis of the Spatial Dimension in Platform Video Games. E|C Serie Speciale Anno III, nn. 5, 2009.
-Constructing NESpace in Zelda. Luke Cuddy (ed.), The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Thereforei Am, OpenCourt 2009.

Keywords

game philosophy, virtual worlds, logical space

Name

Joaquín Siabra

Background

philosophy, computer science