ECS Graduate Launches Book on Video Gaming
08 Dec 2011 - 14:08:49 in Alumni
Like many teenage boys, Pippin Barr spent time playing games in arcades, rented SEGA games, and bought a Playstation when it became available. However, it wasn’t until he embarked on a Phd at Victoria University that he realised he could build a serious career around gaming.
He majored in Philosophy and Computer Science, and encouraged by his academic mentor, he went on to do his PhD research on human values in gameplay, graduating in 2009.
He is now a lecturer at Copenhagen University, where he teaches video-game design and programming, a position he describes as his “dream job”, despite the amount of marking involved.
Dr Barr will be back in Wellington soon to promote his new book “How to Play a Video Game”, which investigates the passion some people have for gaming, and tries to communicate something of it to those are aren’t gaming enthusiasts.
Click on the link below to read a Dominion Post article on Pippin Barr, dated 6th December.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/6088997/Lecturers-dream-job-much-more-than-just-kids-stuff