Interview with Alenda Chang, Playing Nature: Ecology in Video Games

Roger Whitson and Christian Haines, managing editors of Gamers with Glasses, interview Alenda Chang, professor of film and media studies at UC - Santa Barbara, author of Playing Nature: Ecology in Video Games. We discuss what games teach us about nature, playing outside versus playing video games, using games to understand climate change, Chang’s design work, playing as plants and non-human animals, the ecological costs of gaming, and much more!

You can get this interview on Apple Podcasts, and check out our other interviews, here!