The world of videogames will star on March 26 in the city of Zaragoza, in person at the Pignatelli Center and virtually on YouTube, in a meeting that will bring together experts, creators and fans to discuss the capabilities of this type of entertainment such as training tool. Some of the stigmas that they carry will also be revealed, such as that of being an addictive entertainment that generates violent behavior, an aspect that will be dealt with directly with Tony Piedrabuenafrom 3D Games, who will talk about fighting games and their powerful social influence.
This free activity is organized by the Peace Research Seminar Foundation (SIP) and is coordinated by M. Carmen Gascon, Researcher in Creativity and Social Transformation, and for whom video games are a way of seeing the world and understanding people. From his perspective, it has been a long time since they ousted cinema and music as the preferred option within audiovisual entertainment, according to the results of global and national economic turnover in this sector. Beyond its economic impact, it should be noted, according to Isaac Lopez Redondofrom the University of Seville, which have become an activity suitable for everyone: “They are games, and playing is something inherent to human beings, regardless of their age”.
In the opinion of Javier Calvo, from San Jorge University: “the videogame is not only a leisure product, but it is also an important artistic vehicle, since numerous creative disciplines come together in it. In addition, due to its communicative nature, it has also been taken advantage of by the ‘gamer’ community to pour certain social struggles into it according to the new times, so we must learn to revalue their understanding”.
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The agenda includes different approaches and contributions to the debate with the following speakers: ‘Video games, the greatest cultural phenomenon of the 21st century’, by Isaac López Redondo. ‘A world of possibilities in Minecraft’, by Leti Ahumada. ‘Video games: an artistic and social discourse’, by Javier Calvo. ‘Moral judgements: playing at making decisions’, by Sara Wamba. ‘Fighting in Spain: the rebirth of a unique community’, by Toni Piedrabuena. ‘From user to creator’, by Ana Horna, Raquel García, Javier Verón and Enrique Martínez.
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Javier Verón and Enrique Martínez entered the sector with their video game Neon Hat , available on PlayStation and that recreates a neon universe in which the challenge is to fight against the dangers of the Synthwave skies. They will attend the meeting to speak from the point of view of the video game developer. Ana Horna and Raquel García Escobedo will present the project Technovation Girls Aragon, which tries to encourage the interest of girls between the ages of 10 and 18 in technology. They also participated in the creation of the video game Belchite. survive 1936, a game that emerged in an intergenerational workshop, in which it is about staying alive in a war, like Super Mario Bros. The video game will be accessible on the Territorygoya website the same day of the event. The project will also be presented Goya invites us to the Quinta del Sordo. An idea in which students from the La Salle Montemolín school are building in Minecraft the Fifth of the Deaf, place where Goya lived, from real plans and setting the environment. They are also designing mini-games referring to each of the Black Paints of the great painter. This ambitious project has the advice of a landscaper, a botanist and an architect, among others, and is in the development phase.
George is Digismak’s reported cum editor with 13 years of experience in Journalism