OXO Museo del Videojuego promotes a debate to define the concept of videogame

The video game seeks to redefine itself, y OXO Videogame Museum travels to Madrid to carry out the debate to look for the term that concretizes it in a more contemporary way.. The November 6the COTEC Foundationwith headquarters in Calle Cea Bermúdez, 3 (Madrid), is hosting the presentation of a special campaign where OXO Museo del Videojuego brings together the main players of the Spanish video game industry. to find a participatory, open and plural definition.

Participants: Enrique Garcíaproject manager Ga11y of Fundación ONCE, Marçal Moraresearcher of the video game of DiGRA, José María Moreno, managing director; secretary-general of AEVI, Emanuele Carisiotechnical secretary of DEV, Laura Gonzalezvideogame developer and co-director of IndieDevDay, Jorge Barrerogeneral director of COTEC Foundation y Santiago Bustamante, cultural director of OXO, dynamizer of the talk.

The campaign of reflection on the concept of video games consists of a series of monthly meetings at the OXO Museum, which can be attended in person, in streaming and finally on the specific website: Defining the video game. The first will be held on November 9 with Alberto Murcia, from DiGRA.

The origin of the initiative is in a doubt as a result of the name of the OXO Museum itself.in homage to the video game by Alexander S. Douglas of 1952. But is it a video game? There are those who consider it is and those who think that to talk about the first video game we have to wait 10 years, to find MIT’s Spacewar.

In any case, it is not clear neither the origin, nor the point where we are, when going to the RAE we see “electronic game that is displayed on a screen” and in its second meaning “Electronic device that allows, through appropriate controls, to simulate games on the screens of a television, computer or other electronic device”. In this way, current versions such as augmented reality or some sandboxes would be excluded, as well as the fact of blind players who enjoy video games on a daily basis. It is time, therefore, to find a definition that identifies us more and better with the great medium of cultural and artistic expression that video games are today.

Those who want to attend, for the presentation in Madrid, please contact a registration form will be available until full capacity is reached.. However, the event will be open to follow the event remotely via streaming on the Defining the video game website.