Episode 51 – The challenge of Creative Collaboration in game development (with Casey O’Donnell)

Ethics and Video Games Podcast

Game development is often a creative collaboration among people with very different skill sets, passions, and worldviews. What does it mean to treat the people you’re working with in projects like these as a part of a team? What does it mean to respect one another? What can be done when interpersonal conflict inevitably arises?

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Our guest, Casey O’Donnell, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University. His research examines the creative collaborative work of videogame design and development. This research examines the cultural and collaborative dynamics that occur in both professional ""AAA"" organizations and formal and informal ""independent"" game development communities. His research has spanned game development companies from the United States to India.

His first book, ""Developer’s Dilemma"" is published by MIT Press.

Casey is also an active game developer, releasing ""Osy,"" in 2011, ""Against the Gradient,"" in 2012, ""GLITcH"" in 2013 and ""Sparks of Eternity,"" in 2014.Other games can be found on his website.

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