Game Ethics Forum

Marshall McLuhan once said, “the games of a people reveal a great deal about them.”  At The College of New Jersey, students are hard at work understanding games, their mechanisms, and underlying messages.

On November 29, students in the Departments of Computer Science and Interactive Multimedia will articulate their concerns about ethical and social issues related to computer games.  At a special public forum in the Library Auditorium, students from “Game Design and Architecture” will present their findings on the social effects of gaming.  Topics will include race, gender, ethnicity, violence, health, privacy, and security.   

The Game Design project at TCNJ has been awarded international recognition as the recipient of a major Computer Gaming Curriculum Award from Microsoft Research.  Lead by principal investigator Professor Ursula Wolz, a team of interdisciplinary faculty and students have been hard at work for 1 ½ years developing games within the context of a college curriculum.  On display will be several demo video game platforms, where visitors can try out a variety of different games.