Ethical Matters:
Game Changers: Video Games with Purpose

The videogame industry, now larger than the film and music industries combined, has a proven ability to challenge the status quo. Video gaming can put ethical dilemmas in the cross-hairs of philosophical thought. Games raise questions such as how should we be governed, and what does it mean to be a good or dutiful person? Games critic Marijam Did and game writier and designer Daniel Griliopoulos discuss how videogames can achieve egalitarian goals instead of fuelling hyper-materialist and reactionary agendas, and gaming’s huge influence can be harnessed for good.

Marijam Did is a Lithuanian-Tatar games industry critic dissecting the intersection between videogames and IRL politics. Her work has been published by the Guardian, VICE, GamesIndustry.biz, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and others. Marijam was a Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, and is currently a Senior Marketing Executive at a Bafta-winning videogames studio.

Daniel Cohen Griliopoulos designs and writes for games. He’s the co-author of Ten Things Videogames Can Teach You (Hachette, 2017.) Games he’s worked on include Nightingale, RimWorld, Total War: Warhammer III, ZEPHON, Endless Dungeon and many more. He writing can be found in The Guardian, The New Statesman, Eurogamer, and Edge.

Marijam’s and Daniel’s books will be available to buy in person from Newham Bookshop on the evening.

Age Recommendation:

16+

Price: *All ticket prices below include a £1 booking fee*

In person: Standard £10 • Living Support £7 • Students £7 • Members FREE
Online: Standard £7 • Members FREE

Access Information

Due to the age and Grade Il listing of the building, there is no lift access to rooms above the ground floor.

All the ground-floor rooms are fully accessible by wheelchair. Main Hall (street access, step-free), Brockway Room (street access, step-free), Bertrand Russell Room (street access, shallow ramp), Hive Cafe (street access, step-free), There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor opposite the Brockway Room.

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