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Outcasted – A Serious Game // WDR Lokalzeit
On 28, Jul 2014 | In Blog, In The Media, Publications | By KaTi
The award-winning game Outcasted and the student team was featured on TV with me explaining the documentary and transformative quality of serious games.
Games as Medium for Social Change // ZDF Aspekte
On 16, May 2014 | In Blog, In The Media | By KaTi
ZDF Aspekte dedicated their last show to the new wave of serious games featuring Lucas Popes´ “Papers Please”. See the show below.
Games Have Grown Up With Their Makers // ZDF Online
On 15, May 2014 | In Blog, In The Media, Publications | By KaTi
ZDF aspekte interviewed me about challenges and opportunities for serious games.
Clash of Realities Conference 2014
On 08, May 2014 | No Comments | In Blog, Publications, Talks & Events | By KaTi
The Clash of Realities Computer Game Conference is a bi-annual event that aims to discuss games from multiple academic and scientific perspectives.
Play Today! Workshop @ G4C NYC Festival
On 02, May 2014 | In Blog | By KaTi
Recently, Simon Bachelier and I went to New York City to do our Play Today! Activist Game Workshop during the 11the Annual Games for Change Festival at the NYU Kimmel Center at Washington Square. Despite the very short time frame the participants came up with amazing concepts and prototypes and we were blown away by the early-morning creative output.
Lost and found
On 08, Feb 2014 | No Comments | In Blog | By KaTi
I discovered a video fragment of a genre exercise I did in film school back in 2005 on the web today. Love the staged atmosphere 
The scene starts at 1:50 and is part of a showreel by actress Britta Beck.
Les Ateliers Du Jeu Vidéo 2013
On 17, Dec 2013 | No Comments | In Blog, Publications, Talks & Events | By KaTi
Les Ateliers Du Jeu Vidéo is an annual series of talks and workshop around the diploma presentation of the graduate students at L’École nationale du jeu et des médias interactifs numériques (Enjmin).
Games – Personalization – Impact
On 17, Oct 2013 | In Blog | By KaTi
I decided to post the introduction chapter to my M.A. thesis about games, personalization and impact here on my blog. The thesis started out with the ultra short working title “Enhancing The Player’s Identification With The Subject Of A Story-Driven Social Impact Game By Implementing The Individual’s Social Network-Data Into The Game-Narrative” – I reconsidered it. You´re welcome!
Notgames Fest 2013
On 20, Aug 2013 | No Comments | In Blog, Publications, Talks & Events | By KaTi
The Notgames Fest is an exhibition about not-so-gamey but playful interactive media. In collaboration with the Belgium-based game studio Tale of Tales, the Cologne Game Lab is the host of the bi-annual event.
Designing Meaningful Games – Interview with Brenda Romero
On 28, Mar 2013 | No Comments | In Blog, Publications, Video Podcasts | By KaTi
At the 2013 GDC in San Francisco I had the chance to talk to Brenda Romero who presented her board game “Train” – a highly metaphorical game that reflects the holocaust.
Hi, I´m Katharina.
I am a researcher and designer for interactive media based in Cologne / Germany. [learn more]