(Not perfect, but hey, a little practice always helps…)
Vita
A mighty™ cultural scientist
Born 1982, studied “Cultural Studies and Aesthetic Practice” at the University of Hildesheim and since 2009 successfully works as a cultural and media science publicist based in Berlin. His focus is on the culture of digital games in all its facets.
He appears regularly as an expert for digital games at cultural events and on radio and TV. Most recently he published the game studies anthology »Zwischen|Welten: Atmosphären im Computerspiel« in the vwh-Verlag, provided editorial support for the »Handbuch Gameskultur« published by the German Cultural Council and the industry association game, and supported the Berlin studio waza! Games as associate producer in the development of the political education app Konterbunt. From March 2020 to August 2024, he has been working for the Foundation for Digital Games Culture as project manager for the initiative »Remembering with games« and as project lead for »Let’s Remember!«. He also writes for various scientific publications, cultural magazines and online newspapers on the participation in virtual worlds and the culture of computer games.
On my private blog I collect news, work results and past jobs. Here are the three most recent English posts (sorry, I have to definitely blog more frequently in English):
Computers and numbers, that’s a match made in heaven. The apple didn’t fall far from the skill tree when it comes to video games either, they love to quantify just about anything they can get their hands on. They even reduce emotions to a set of numerical values. The only […]