Linda Breitlauch

Linda Breitlauch (2016)

Linda Breitlauch (born July 4, 1966 in Seesen ) is a German media scientist and professor of game design .

Life

Linda Breitlauch first studied business administration before completing a degree in film and television dramaturgy at the University of Film and Television in Potsdam . In 2008 she did her doctorate at the Humboldt University / HFF ( Audiovisual Media course ) on dramaturgy in computer games . In addition to project management in export and publishing , she carried out various film projects as a creative producer , wrote scripts , game concepts as well as scientific and specialist journalistic articles. In 2007, she became Europe's first professor of game design at the Media Design School of Design and computer science in Dusseldorf appointed . From June 2013 she was head of the "Media Studies Game Design and Gamification (BA)" course at the GA University of the Digital Society in Berlin , and from January to March 2014 she was the founding president. Since April 2014 she has been teaching Intermedia Games at the Trier University of Applied Sciences in the Intermedia Design course .

Her work focuses on the areas of interactive storytelling , dramaturgy and serious games .

Jury memberships

• red dot design award , Digital Games (jury member 2009–2012)
• German Computer Game Award (jury member since 2009)
• German Developer Award (jury member since 2008)
• Lara Award (jury member 2010 and 2011)
• Animago Award (jury member 2014)
• TOMMI - The German Children's Software Prize (jury member since 2015)

Prices

• Nominated for the Hall of Fame of the "European Women in Games Award", 2011
• Hall of Fame of the " German Developer Award ", 2017

Publications (selection)

• Studying games - what, how, where? - State courses in the field of digital games , Björn Freyermuth, Linda Breitlauch, André Czauderna, Gundolf S. Freyermuth (Eds). Bielefeld: transcript 12/2018
• Computer games as therapy. In FW Gundolf S. Freyermuth, Lisa Gotto (Ed.), Serious Games, Exergames, Exerlearning (BildundBit., Pp. 387-398) . Bielefeld: transcript 2013
• The joy of playing as a successful learning and therapy method , in: Inderst, Just: Build 'em Up - Shoot' em Down: Physicality in digital games , Hülsbusch 2013.
• Computer game dramaturgy - a challenge for media managers . In: Handbook Media Management, publications on media management from the Media Design University, Thomas Dreiskämper, Olaf Hoffjann, Christian Schicha (eds.), Lit-Verlag, Münster-Hamburg-Berlin-Vienna-London-Zurich, 2009, pp. 337-348.
• "Games are coming out." In "Quarterly _ The trend dossier of the Zukunftsinstitut", 10/2008, pages 42–45
• "Die Spielgesellschaft", in: GameStar, 8/2008, pages 132-134
• Dramaturgy of computer games - analysis and evaluation of potential effects of interactive storytelling in the context of design-relevant issues (diss.). Potsdam, University for Film and Television, 2008.

Web links

• Personal homepage
• Trier University of Applied Sciences, Intermedial Design
• Interview about serious games at Golem.de
• Entry on Researchgate
• ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: radio feature WDR 5 - talk about "Fascination Computer Games", August 22, 2009 )
• ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Personal - Zeitschrift für Human Resource Management , issue 0209, "Serious Games: Playfully to learning success", p. 40ff )
• Knowledge management Cover story: "Learning today" - in: Wissensmanagement, Issue 1 January 2009 ( Memento from June 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• Spiegel Online, March 21, 2009: "Learning doesn't have to hurt"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christoph Holowaty: Trier University wins Prof. Dr. Linda Breitlauch. In: Making Games . Gamer Network, May 12, 2014, accessed August 21, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Expert jury. In: TOMMI - German Children's Software Prize. Retrieved August 21, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Prof. Dr. Linda Breitlauch. In: German Developer Award . Retrieved August 21, 2019 .