GameCulture

Video and computer games have become an integral part of our everyday culture.The aesthetics of video games are closely linked to contemporary visual and performing arts and have begun to set standards for other arts disciplines. The time has come for Pro Helvetia to step into this digital world and launch the thematic programme

«GameCuture». >>

Video games – tenth art or work of the devil?

Do video games make you dumb and violent? Are they juvenile playthings of no artistic value? Do players become addicted and lonely? On behalf of Pro Helvetia, the Zurich University of Applied Sciences has taken a close look at such prejudices. >>

Swiss Game Design

What is the current situation of game designers in Switzerland? What kind of a role might game design play in Switzerland in the future? On 1 July 2009, Pro Helvetia presents its study on the status quo of Swiss game design at the «Imaging The Future» symposium in Neuchâtel. >>