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Julian Kücklich's re:publica09 talk on Newsgaming
1. Ludic Journalism
and the Future of News
re:publica, April 2, 2009
Dr Julian Kücklich, MA
Media Futures Associate
Knowledge Transfer Partnership
University of the Arts London /
The Press Association
5. Games as Media
“
[G]ames are perhaps the only medium that allows us to experience
guilt over the actions of fictional characters. In a movie, because we
do not control what occurs, we can always pull back […], but in
playing a game, we choose what happens to the chracters. In the
right circumstances, we can be encouraged to examine our own
values by seeing what we are willing to do within virtual space.
- Henry Jenkins
Morrowind Grand Theft Auto III Fable
Slide 5
9. Serious Games
“
I want to suggest that videogames have a unique persuasive power.
Recent movements in the videogame industry, most notably the so-
called Serious Games movement […] have sought to create
videogames to support existing social and cultural positions. But
videogames are capable of much more. In addition to becoming
instrumental tools for institutional goals, videogames can also
disrupt and change fundamental attitudes and beliefs about the
world, leading to potentially significant long-term social change.
- Ian Bogost
Slide 9
