Playful Materialities

An exploration of the intricate links between game culture and material culture, examining the objects of gaming and the playful phenomena that they create.

Benjamin Beil (Prof. Dr. phil.) is Professor for Media Studies & Digital Culture at the Department of Media Culture & Theatre at the University of Cologne.

Gundolf S. Freyermuth (Prof. Dr. phil.) is Professor of Media and Game Studies and founding co-director at the Cologne Game Lab of TH Koeln-University of Technology, Arts and Sciences, as well as Professor of Comparative Media Studies at the ifs international film school of Cologne.

Hanns Christian Schmidt is a professor for Game Design at Macromedia University for Applied Sciences (Cologne) and a research assistant at the Institute of Media Culture and Theater at the University of Cologne.

»Der Sammelband ist ein beeindruckendes Beispiel dafür, wie holistische Spieleforschung, die gängige Diskurse überdenkt und ausweitet, aussehen kann.«