# Katie Salen ATC Lecture

- Institution: University of California, Berkeley
- Department: Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium
- Level: Undergraduate
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/KatieSalenAtcLecture)
- Licence: none stated by the source
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"Despite their commercial explosion in pop cultural, games remain largely unexplored as a critical practice with social and cultural dimensions. Why are games important? What kinds of games ""break the rules"" of mainstream computer and video games? How can making, playing, and studying games illuminate larger social and cultural issues?

This talk will focus on a range of projects created by Kate Salen and Eric Zimmerman, including games designed to be played in conferences, offices, and urban spaces. Discussing their ideas, their processes, and the games they make, Katie and Eric will address topics in design, complex systems, emergent complexity, collaboration, competition, social play, and games as interventions into urban spaces and everyday life. Come to their talk prepared to play!"

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## Lectures

1. [Katie Salen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/KatieSalenAtcLecture/65c19b5776b9), 50 min (Video)