Building better Worlds through Game Culturalization (CANCELLED)
A
lecture by Kate Edwards
Organized by the Institute of Design
With over 30
years of experience in digital media as a geographer and culturalization strategist, and 27+ years in games, Kate
Edwards has been involved in the creation of many games, including major titles such as Halo, Fable, Age
of Empires, Mass Effect, Call of Duty, and many, many others. She has seen it all when it comes to geopolitical
and cultural issues that are often overlooked in content creation and can negatively affect the ability of content to be accepted
overseas, and she has seen designers miss opportunities to create more robust worlds that engage the players from
diverse cultural backgrounds. Kate will discuss the field of content culturalization and how it can assist game creators
with building better game worldsthat account for a wider range of cultural and geopolitical considerations.