How games reflect (and may potentially shape) our contemporary culture

Video games are nowadays a popular way to pass the time. The most obvious usage for video games is for entertainment purposes, but they have some less apparent applications as well. For example, games can be used in education, as simulations, or to train certain skills. There are also authors who have argued that games are […]

What Humans can teach us about robots

In 2015, broadcaster AMC and Channel 4 started transmitting the series ‘Humans‘. Contrary to what the title of the series suggests, the show actually involves more robots (in the series often called ‘synthetics’) than humans. That doesn’t mean, however, that this series does not reflect upon us, humans. In fact, by bringing (conscious!) synthetics into […]