"Game Labs at Universities" Calls for Better Games Research and Interdisciplinarity
The "Game Labs at Universities" network has responded to a position paper from the game association, which sets out proposals to make Germany "the best games location" for science, research and teaching. The members of the network are concerned that games should receive more attention in education policy, that funding structures need to be reformed and that games should not only be seen as an economic factor.
The network "Game Labs an Hochschulen" (Game Labs at Universities), which brings together actors at German universities who operate or plan infrastructure facilities for games research and teaching, has commented on the position paper of the game - the German Games Industry Association (published in August 2023). In this position paper, the association analyses and criticises the current situation of computer games research and teaching in Germany and derives demands from this.