Liu Xiangqi-Looking Outwards 08

Nicky Case is an interactive video game designer. He relates a lot of games to real social problems or psychology. He is a Singapore born and moved to Canada with his family. He is now working in the US. Here is the link for Nicky’s games I admire his work for the reality reflected in the games. He said in his speech that the question he keeps thinking about is if the thing(video game design) is meaningful. By integrating his concerns of the world into his work, he tries to motivate the users to be aware of those issues. One example is “Parable of the Polygons”. It addresses the necessity of diversity in our living environment.

When presenting his work, he tried a lot to relate his personal experiences to explain the cultural differences from the listeners (such as Asian parents’ homophobia ) and used a lot of jokes.

Here is his speech.