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Using Play for Everyday Activism | Mattie Brice | TEDxMiddlebury

4,688 views · Published 24 January 2017 · 18:21 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Mattie Brice speaks on how video games can be used in new ways to facilitate everyday activism. 

Mattie Brice is a play and games artist, critic, and educator. Starting from media criticism centered around cultural and literary theories, she grappled with the video game and wider tech industry’s problems with diversity, from representation of marginalized peoples in the content of games to their positions of power and visibility in the creative process of making games. Mattie was a part of a DIY movement within video games that created games inspired by personal experience using tools that didn’t require programming. She became an activist for marginalized creators and players in games and organizes academic conferences (Queerness and Games Conference) and community events (Lost Levels). Mattie currently teaches about play design and art activism at New York City schools (NYU, Parsons) and does grad work in the Integrated Digital Media program at NYU.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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