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PB Berge wins Foundations of Digital Games Best Paper Award for newly published paper
14 May 2025
PB Berge (MTS and Women & Gender Studies) won the Best Paper Award for their recently published article, "Anti-Games, Fantasy Consoles, and the Rise of Speculative Game Development on ", at the held in Austria from April 15-18, 2025. Read the article .
Paper description:
Curious how developers are responding to escalating precarity and anti-developer practices in the tech industry? Dr. Berge's new paper explores how creators on game marketplace are designing "unplayable" works and building imagined consoles—not to sell products, but to experiment creatively, build community, and push back on commercial pressures from the industry. The speculative design communities, she argues, offer a fresh look at how game design can open up space for more inclusive, imaginative play.