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Sep 13, 2018 1 hr 1 min

67. Jose Zagal

from BACKSTORY Hosted by Alex Roberts

Games scholar Jose Zagal starts a new semester of Backstory, with discussions of Role-Playing Games Studies, the intricate web of influence among different game media, and identifying the ethical frameworks in Animal Crossing. If Emmanuel Kant made a videogame, what would it be like? Jose at The University of Utah, Jose on Twitter, DiGRA, Foundations of Digital Games Conference, Videogames and the Ethics of Care (with John Murphy), The Videogame Ethics Reader, Ludoliteracy, Examining 'RPG Elements': Systems of Character Progression (with Roger Altizer), Pre-Order Star Crossed!

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Games scholar Jose Zagal starts a new semester of Backstory, with discussions of Role-Playing Games Studies, the intricate web of influence among different game media, and identifying the ethical frameworks in Animal Crossing. If Emmanuel Kant made a videogame, what would it be like?

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