8 GAMES
forces players to make stereotypically gendered career choices for their female character in order to cause them to reflect on gender biases in the workplace (Sharp 2015, 77–97). Flanagan herself praises Gonzolo Frasca’s game Septe…[^2]: My account is moderately aligned, in spirit, with those scholars who call themselves ludologists, who argue that games are a unique category and should be studied as such. For surveys of ludology, and of the debate between narratology…
Gonzalo Frasca
game designer · 2 mentions across 1 reading
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Frasca is a game designer and theorist known for creating politically engaged games that use play mechanics to interrogate real-world systems and biases. His work, particularly *September 12th: A Toy World*, exemplifies how games can function as critical tools for reflection rather than mere entertainment, which the course readings cite when discussing how designers like Flanagan use game mechanics to expose structural inequalities. His practice grounds the course's broader investigation into how computational systems and interactive media can perform social critique and reshape player consciousness.
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