Game salon
Playthink is a USC-based salon about games, interactivity, art and culture. Since 2013, we have held a semi-regular series of discussions at the USC Game Innovation Lab that are dedicated to drawing out provocative ideas around play, games, art and interactivity. Since 2018, we have added a podcast component to our salon. Now you can listen to Playthink episodes on this page, below, or by subscribing to our feed on iTunes, Amazon, or YouTube podcasts.
Note: We’ve been a bit swamped the past several years, but we’re back now with more Playthink, so subscribe and keep your eye out for announcements!
On this episode of Playthink, Professor TreaAndrea Russorm, Director of the Radical Play Game Design Lab at USC Games, and Post Doctoral Scholar M. Coopilton discuss how games shape civic engagement, power structures, and democracy. We dive into the ways that interactive media can challenge or reinforce social hierarchies and inspire new forms of Play.
