Video games and the zeitgeist

About this episode

Dr. Stephen Mallory discusses the impact of video games on contemporary culture and identity through the lens of digimodernism.

Dr Stephen Mallory is assistant professor of game design at Lawrence Technical University in Southfield, Michigan. After a career in the video game industry, Stephen turned his considerable intellect to analysing games as an aspect of digimodernism - the contemporary cultural phenomenon where much of our lived experience, indeed, our reality and even sense of self, is mediated through digital technologies, artifacts, and environments. His research is especially concerned with the intersection...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Fabian

Guest: Dr Stephen Mallory

Topics covered

• video games
• digimodernism
• cultural phenomenon
• digital technologies
• game design

Keywords

• video games
• digimodernism
• cultural analysis
• digital identity
• game design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lawrence Technical University

Places: Southfield, Michigan

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