Nina Kiel
Nina Kiel is a games journalist and game developer from Düsseldorf, Germany. After graduating from the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf and publishing her Bachelor thesis „Gender In Games – Geschlechtsspezifische Rollenbilder in zeitgenössischen Action-Adventures in 2014, she continued her research on body image, gender roles and sexuality in digital games. Her texts were published on Superlevel.de, Zeit Online and fluter.de among others as well as in several magazines and newspapers such as taz – die tageszeitung, GamesMarkt and tv diskurs. As a speaker, she’s a regular guest at conferences, gaming events and barcamps. She recently graduated from the Cologne Game Lab with a master thesis on digital games as tools for sexuality education.
Selected academic publications / media publications:
Gender In Games – Geschlechtsspezifische Rollenbilder in zeitgenössischen Action-Adventures. Verlag Dr. Kovac, 2014
Frauenfußball in “Fifa”: Die Frau als Zusatzfeature. taz – die tageszeitung, Nr. 10875, 23.11.2015
Von Traumfrauen und Traumata – Stereotype im Video- und Computerspiel. Aus: Film und Games – Ein Wechselspiel. Bertz + Fischer Verlag, 2015.
Girls don’t play games. Aus: tv diskurs 76, 2/2016
My Hyperideal Self: Identification and Objectification in Digital Games. Aus: Clash of Realities 2015/16: On the Art, Technology and Theory of Digital Games. Proceedings of the 6th and 7th Conference. transcript Verlag, 2017.
Art of Gaming: Sex in Videospielen. 2017. https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/072478-006-A/art-of-gaming
Don’t Make Love. 2017. Maggese. https://www.maggese-games.com/game/don-t-make-love
Touchscreen: Podcast über Sex und Romantik im digitalen Spiel. https://www.gamespodcast.de/category/touchscreen
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