Gonzalo Frasca (Montevideo, 1972) is a game designer and academic researcher (in the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Montevideo (monteβi'ðeo is the largest city the capital and chief port of Uruguay. A "game designer" is a person who designs Video games or one who designs traditional games such as Board games Video Games Designer A video game designer Usually a researcher or scientific researcher is someone who is professionally engaged in Scientific research, technological research or Engineering research The Center for Computer Game Research is a research group at the IT University of Copenhagen that represents one of the major nodes of Ludology. The IT University of Copenhagen is a Danish cross-disciplinary university that approaches the study of information technology from a variety of perspectives natural sciences The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe His weblog, Ludology. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of org, is an important publication for academic researchers studying video games (see ludology for more information). A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Game studies is the still-young field of analyzing games from a multi- and inter-disciplinary perspective
Frasca, is from Uruguay, where he established Powerful Robot Games, a videogame studio in Montevideo. Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America Powerful Robot Games is a game development studio based in Montevideo Uruguay Montevideo (monteβi'ðeo is the largest city the capital and chief port of Uruguay. In video game theory, Frasca belongs to the group of so called "ludologists", who consider video games to be simulations based on rules. They see video games as the first simulational media for the masses - which means a paradigm shift in media consumption and production.
Frasca's game studies are evolved from the work of Norwegian game academic Espen J. Aarseth. Espen J Aarseth (born 1965 is a major figure in the emerging fields of Video game studies and Electronic literature. Beginning in December 2004, Frasca has studied games at the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen. The IT University of Copenhagen is a Danish cross-disciplinary university that approaches the study of information technology from a variety of perspectives natural sciences He received his PhD in Videogames studies on August 2007. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation.
His most famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) game is September 12th, a response to the 9/11 attacks. It's based on the political argument that a direct military response will only increase the likelihood of further terrorist attacks on the West.
Interestingly, some argue this attitude was supported by the 2004 Madrid train bombings, which was also responded to in game form by Frasca in the online title Madrid. Alternative commentary says that such geo-political events are far more complex than can be encompassed with simplistic game-based structures however.
External links
- Ludology.org - Gonzalo Frasca's homepage
- WaterCoolerGames.org - A blog on videogames with an agenda, written by both Frasca and Ian Bogost
- Powerful Robot Games, game development studio co-founded by Frasca
- Information, Design, and Technology - Frasca received his M.S. in Information, Design, and Technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2001
- September 12th browser game
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