The Aesthetics of Computer Games
13th International Conference on the Philosophy of Computer
Games
October 21–24, 2019
St Petersburg, Russia
Conference Committee:
Program Chair: Feng Zhu (King’s College London) (feng.zhu@kcl.ac.uk)
Conference Chairs:
Alina Latypova (St Petersburg State University) (latypova.al@gmail.com)
Konstantin Ocheretyany (St Petersburg State University) (kocheretyany@gmail.com)
Playing games yields particular kinds of playful experiences
or perceptions through the senses, which can be studied with an aesthetic
focus, emphasising /aísthēsis/ over /noêsis/. Computer games can be regarded as
playful media that organise our perceptions and modify our sensibilities.