How to get to ZeM (Brandenburg Center for Media Studies)?
The first day (Wednesday October 14, 2015) of the conference takes place in ZeM in Potsdam. This is to show you how to get there. Where is ZeM? ZeM Read More …
DOING philosophy with video games
Panelists: Stefano Gualeni (University of Malta, Malta), Ida Marie Toft (Concordia University, Canada, Copenhagen Game Collective), Pietro Righi Riva (Santa Ragione, Italy), Sonia Fizek (Berlin), Martin Pichlmair (IT University of Read More …
Panel: Critical theory and meaning in the computer game
Panelists: Emma Fraser, Graeme Kirkpatrick and Feng Zhu The purpose of this panel is to explore the application of critical theory, understood as the tradition of social and philosophical Read More …
Keynote: Johnny Søraker – V(x) vs. R(x) – Meaning, Relationships and Well-Being in Virtual Worlds
V(x) vs. R(x) – Meaning, Relationships and Well-Being in Virtual Worlds Whether my life fares well or not seems inextricably related to whether the states of affairs that contribute to Read More …
Keynote: Monica Vilhauer – The Play-process of Understanding and the Hermeneutic Dimensions of Computer Games
The Play-process of Understanding and the Hermeneutic Dimensions of Computer Games In his magnum opus Truth and Method, the philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer reveals that understanding itself is a back-and-forth linguistic Read More …
Keynote: Paolo Pedercini – Making Games, Making Sense
Making Games, Making Sense As machines for the production of meaning, computer games are dreadfully inefficient. Techno-social assemblages of heterogeneous materials, gasping and stumbling, flailing way too many moving parts, Read More …
Paper submissions
If you are an accepted speaker of the conference submit your paper via the "file upload" function on http://review.gamephilosophy.org. Please use this stylesheet.
Time Table
Preliminary Schedule Philosophy of Computer Games Conference 2015 Wednesday, 14.10.2015 Thursday, 15.10.2015 Friday, 16.10.2015 Saturday, 17.10.2015 Potsdam (ZeM) Berlin (BTK) Berlin (BTK) Berlin (BTK) 9:00 Registration Registration Read More …