Daniel Vella is the Third Confirmed Keynote for PoCG 2019

Dr. Daniel Vella is the third confirmed keynote speaker for the 13th International Philosophy of Computer Games Conference: the Aesthetics of Computer Games.

Dr. Daniel Vella is a lecturer at the Institute of Digital Games at the University of Malta, where he teaches classes in digital game studies, player experience and narrative in games. His research has focused on the development of theories of ludic and virtual subjectivity, on phenomenological and existential approaches to virtual world experience, on aesthetic theory and games, and on space and architecture in games. His work has been published in journals such as Game Studies, Countertext, the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research and Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology, and, most recently, in the edited volume Ludotopia: Spaces, Places and Territories in Computer Games (2019). He is also active as a writer and narrative designer for games, most recently working on the board game Posthuman Saga (Mighty Boards, 2019). 

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