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Matteo Menapace, Serious, ethical, cooperative games designer
Season 5 · Episode 7

Matteo Menapace, Serious, ethical, cooperative games designer

How serious games can change our outlook on climate change, ethics, sustainability and social responsibility

ProGRESS · Sandra Fraser

July 19, 202545m 3s

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Show Notes

When he was young Matteo Menapace spent many afternoons playing video games and learnt to code so he could hack his first game. 

So how does a kid playing video games (with a Saturday job making pizzas) turn his hobby into a professional career that challenges people to think about the most pressing issues of the era, including climate change?


Listen to hear the philosophy and ethics behind serious games design, why you don’t need to have studied graphics, games design or even to have a degree to be a successful games designer and what Matteo does in a typical week. 

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Mentioned in this podcast

Paolo Pedercini aka Molleindustria

Dr Chloe Germaine

Elizabeth Magie and the story of Monopoly


Goldsmiths University 

Norwich University of the Arts 


Matteo Menapace

Matteo's LinkedIn profile


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About ProGRESS:

Host Sandra Kessell invites guests to discuss their pro- Green, Ethical, Sustainable and Socially responsible jobs, courses or activities and asks for real-world insights into the pathways and careers that led to them.


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