Matteo Menapace, Serious, ethical, cooperative games designer

About this episode

Matteo Menapace discusses his journey from gaming enthusiast to professional games designer focused on serious and ethical game design.

When he was young Matteo Menapace spent many afternoons playing video games and learnt to code so he could hack his first game.  So how does a kid playing video games (with a Saturday job making pizzas) turn his hobby into a professional career that challenges people to think about the most pressing issues of the era, including climate change? Listen to hear the philosophy and ethics behind serious games design, why you don’t need to have studied graphics, games design or even to have a degree to be a successful games designer and what Matteo does in a typical week.  Read more... Mentioned in this podcast Paolo Pedercini aka Molleindustria Dr Chloe Germaine Elizabeth Magie and the story of Monopoly Goldsmiths University  Norwich University of the Arts  Matteo Menapace Matteo's LinkedIn profile You might also like to listen to: Maddie Booth Sustainability consultant, educator and speaker S4 E6 David Kohnstamm  Chief sustainability officer and co-founder of Leafcloud S4 E3 Rachel Warren Professor of global change and environmental biology S1 E7 About ProGRESS: Host Sandra Kessell invites guests to discuss their pro- Green, Ethical, Sustainable and Socially…

People in this episode

Host: Sandra Kessell

Guest: Matteo Menapace

Topics covered

• game design
• ethics
• climate change
• career development
• serious games

Keywords

• serious games
• ethical design
• climate change
• game development
• career paths

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Molleindustria, Goldsmiths University, Norwich University of the Arts

Books & works: Monopoly

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