Game - the most important medium of our century?

Weingarten - Card games, exploration games, role-playing games, computer games, construction games, fantasy games, video games - the list could go on and on. Games have always been a part of our culture. In recent decades, digital games in particular have experienced a rapid rise, influencing music, fashion, and narrative forms.

In the Mittwochseminar on March 22 at Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences (RWU), Michael Hebel, Professor of Game Art and Design, will provide a comprehensive insight into the world of games. In addition to the development of games as a medium as well as the games industry and the associated job market, Michael Hebel will address technological and media-theoretical, sociological as well as pedagogical perspectives.

Nowadays, games are not only used for entertainment. With their manifold and interdisciplinary perspectives and their mutual relationship they are also the subject of research, the Games Studies.

Michael Hebel is Professor for Game Art and Design at the University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm. His field of research includes design and game didactics as well as games theory and game thinking. He has published numerous award-winning international games.

MITTWOCHSEMINAR at RWU:

"Game - possibly the most important medium of the 21st century".
Speaker: Michael Hebel

Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

The event will take place hybrid.
PRESENCE: Room C004 in the C-Building of the Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences (Leibnizstraße 11, 88250 Weingarten).
ONLINE: The link will be published on the day of the event on the RWU homepage (www.rwu.de) and leads directly to the online seminar.

Text: Michael Hebel / Lisann Gauss