In a Nutshell
At RMIT University's GEElab, we are researching how game design thinking can positively affect and alter architecture & urbanism, mobility, popular media, storytelling, engagement, other sciences as well as society itself.
Hats off to Jens Stober from GEElab Europe.
His game 1378(km) was featured in German's national newspaper Die Welt, as one of the nation's 25 top video games ever made! Here's what they had to say:
"1378(km) is a shooter game by Jens M. Stober. According to the creator, the game allows an immersive and interactive time travel back to the year 1976 where it was East German border guards versus Republic refugees. The aim of the refugees is to cross the death strip. The purpose of the border guards is to prevent an escape. When first released, the relation to reality was too much for many people and the game received critique from the media. However, to complete the game the winner is the one which does not shoot … "
