EPISODE · Jul 16, 2019 · 19 MIN
The Modders
from Think: Digital Futures · host 2SER 107.3
The video gaming world is full of digital geniuses, but this isn't limited to those designing the games. The Modders are an international community of gamers reengineering the code and backend of video games to alter the in-game universe. Many do it for fun, some for prestige, but others are more politically driven. Featuring: Karl Munstedt - Digital Artist and Technologist, Creator of Grand Theft Homo. Dr William Raffe - Codiretor of the Game Studio Research Group and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology Sydney.
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The video gaming world is full of digital geniuses, but this isn't limited to those designing the games. The Modders are an international community of gamers reengineering the code and backend of video games to alter the in-game universe. Many do it for fun, some for prestige, but others are more politically driven. Featuring: Karl Munstedt - Digital Artist and Technologist, Creator of Grand Theft Homo. Dr William Raffe - Codiretor of the Game Studio Research Group and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology Sydney.
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