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Player vs. Monster: The Making and Breaking of Video Game\u00a0Monstrosity<\/b><\/p>\n

Location: Reading Museum<\/p>\n

25 November 2023, 3pm<\/p>\n

Video games seem to teach us that monsters must be fought and can be defeated. Join <\/span>Dr Jaros\u0142av \u0160velch from Charles University in Prague to explore\u00a0how this came to be. Do games offer potential for more nuanced representations of monstrosity?<\/span><\/p>\n

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