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About Rudolf Thomas Inderst
Rudolf Thomas Inderst (*1978) enjoys video games since 1985. He received a master’s degree in political science, American cultural studies as well as contemporary and recent history from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich and holds two PhDs in game studies (LMU & University of Passau). Currently, he's teaching as a professor for game design at the IU International University for Applied Science, has submitted his third dissertation at the University of Vechta, holds the position as lead editor at the online journal Titel kulturmagazin for the game section, hosts the German local radio show Replay Value and is editor of the weekly game research newsletter DiGRA D-A-CH Game Studies Watchlist.Rudolf Inderst is a professor of Game Design at the IU International University of Applied Science.
NBN Episodes hosted by Rudolf:
November 9, 2024
Routledge Handbook of Esports
The Routledge Handbook of Esports (Routledge, 2024) offers the first fully comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of esports, one of the fastest growi…
November 7, 2024
Central and Eastern European Histories and Heritages in Video Games
Focusing on games that examine a range of national histories and heritages from across Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European Histor…
November 1, 2024
Tale of Two Halves
Painstakingly researched and written by football-obsessed writer and experienced game journalist, historian, and documentarian Richard Moss – author o…
October 30, 2024
Anatomy of Game Design
People have played games forever, but it’s only in the past few decades that people really started thinking about what games are, how they work, and h…
October 12, 2024
Paper Time Machines
James Dunnigan’s memorable phrase serves as the first part of a title for this book, where it seeks to be applicable not just to analog wargames, but …
October 10, 2024
Bible Adventures
In the beginning, a small unlicensed game development company was hit with divine inspiration: They could make a lot of money (and escape the wrath of…
September 26, 2024
Video Game of the Year
Pong. The Legend of Zelda. Final Fantasy VII. Rock Band. Fortnite. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For each of the 40 years of video game history, ther…
September 18, 2024
How and Why We Make Games
How and Why We Make Games (CRC Press, 2024) delves into the intricate realms of games and their creation, examining them through cultural, systemic, a…
September 4, 2024
Game Poems
Scholars, critics, and creators describe certain videogames as being “poetic,” yet what that means or why it matters is rarely discussed. In Game Poem…
September 3, 2024
Why It's Ok to Be a Gamer
If you enjoy video games as a pastime, you are certainly not alone—billions of people worldwide now play video games. However, you may still find your…
August 24, 2024
Made in Asia/America
Made in Asia/America: Why Video Games Were Never (Really) about Us (Duke UP, 2024) explores the key role video games play within the race makings of A…
July 19, 2024
Playing American
Videogames have always depicted representations of American culture, but how exactly they feed back into this culture is less obvious. Advocating an a…
May 28, 2024
Narrative Worldbuilding
Game worlds differ from traditional fictional worlds. While literary and cinematic worlds are written to host character arcs and plots, game worlds ne…
May 8, 2024
(Not) In the Game
How do games represent history, and how do we make sense of the history of games? The industry regularly uses history to sell products, while processe…
May 4, 2024
The Rule Book
How games are built on the foundations of rules, and how rules—of which there are only five kinds—really work. Board games to sports, digital games t…
March 15, 2024
Run and Jump
How abstract design decisions in 2D platform games create rich worlds of meaning for players.Since the 1980s, 2D platform games have captivated their …
March 2, 2024
Posthuman Gaming
Posthuman Gaming: Avatars, Gamers, and Entangled Subjectivities (Routledge, 2023) explores the relationship between avatar and gamer in the massively …
January 24, 2024
The Clouds
On a slow autumn afternoon, an atmospheric physicist working at the Malta Weather Station receives a surprising email from a colleague working in the …
January 19, 2024
Understanding Interactive Digital Narrative
This remarkably clearly written and timely critical evaluation of core issues in the study and application of interactive digital narrative (IDN) unta…
January 15, 2024
Mainstreaming and Game Journalism
Why games are still niche and not mainstream, and how journalism can help them gain cultural credibility. Mainstreaming and Game Journalism (MIT Pres…
December 20, 2023
The Child in Videogames
Drawing across Games Studies, Childhood Studies, and Children’s Literature Studies, Emma Reay's book The Child in Videogames: From the Meek, to the Mi…
December 7, 2023
Playing the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages have provided rich source material for physical and digital games from Dungeons and Dragons to Assassin's Creed. Playing the Middle Ag…
November 9, 2023
Playing Place
An essay collection exploring the board game's relationship to the built environment, revealing the unexpected ways that play reflects perceptions of …
November 6, 2023
Computer Games As Landscape Art
Peter Nelson's book Computer Games As Landscape Art (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) proposes that computer games are the paradigmatic form of contemporary …