Stage talk – You Got The Power
The Young PLAY panel on "Games and Politics - Video Games in Political Communication" will discuss the deliberate inclusion of political themes in video games, how politics is communicated in games, and the influence of games on the political landscape. The panelists are Carola Veit, President of the Hamburg Parliament, Mona Brandt, former Lead Game Designer at Paintbucket Games, and Ilyass Alaoui, a journalist and video producer with a focus on social criticism in video games and the video game industry. Young PLAY member Johannes Hedrich will moderate the discussion.