Moreso than simply playing games, making and hacking games is a great way to investigate the world around us. It forces us to compare the digital models of our games with the mental models in our heads.

​What To Do With Prison Architect, A Video Game About Building Prisons?

It’s refreshing to see such a balanced critique of a game. Even more because of the touchy subject matter it is depicting.

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Kars Alfrink

Designer turned design researcher. Postdoc at TU Delft. Exploring contestable AI.