PLAY17 – Creative Gaming Festival 2017

Agnes Kruse

Alexandra Schmidt

Alexandra Schmidt is doing her Master’s teaching degree at the University of Hamburg right now with English and Biology as her main subjects. Before she enrolled in media engineering at ...

Alistair Aitcheson

Independent game developer based in Bristol, UK. Alistair Aitcheson specialises in games and installations that encourage physical activity, social interaction and performance. His projects have ...

Aljoscha Jelinek

Amelie Künzler

Andreas Hedrich

As the initiator and spokesperson of the Initiative Creative Gaming, Andreas Hedrich has been pleading for the creative use of video games in education and to make digital gaming culture visible ...

André Mücke

Anita Sarkeesian

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Anita Sarkeesian is an award-winning media critic and the creator and executive director of Feminist Frequency, an educational nonprofit that explores the representations of women in pop culture ...

Anna Postels

Anne Sauer

Arne Busse

Baumann Bergmann Pokinsson

Bente Stachowske

Carina Steffen-Schwering

Carina studied cultural sciences at the University of Koblenz and culture and media management at the University of Music in Hamburg. During times, when she isn’t entertaining her own ...

Carola Veit

Carola Veit was born in Hamburg and is a registered jurist. Since 1991 she is member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and chairperson of SPD Rothenburgsort. Moreover, […]

Carsten Ovens

Cathrin Stöcken

Christian Huberts

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Christian Knop

Christiane Schwinge

Christiane Schwinge holds a degree in pedagogy and works as a freelance media pedagog in different areas of education. She is founding member and speaker of the free and nonprofit […]

Christina Kutscher

Christina Kutscher studied English and German and is soon about to start her Master degree. Besides she is an editor, media pedagogue and writes on her blog keingame.de. At PLAY17 she is […]

Christina Metzler

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Claudia Meiners

Claudia is one of the co-founders of PLAY and the Initiative Creative Gaming. She loves the festival and everything it comes with. She doesn’t play that much, but her favorite […]

Colette See

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Corinna Rath

Corinna Schaffranek

Daniel Ladnar

Daniel Roßberg

Daniel Zils

Diddi Eis

Dom Giannone

An industry professional with nearly 20 years of games industry experience and worked on over 100 published titles to date. The likes of which include: “Bioshock”, “Civilization ...

Dom Schott

Elena Dormeier

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Elham Nizam

Creative Gaming Festival Vernissage Play16

Eli Breuing

Elisabeth Baumann

Eric Jannot

Fabu

Florian Jacobsen

Frederike Klipp

Friedrich Kirschner

Friedrich Kirschner is director and software developer. He uses computer games and real time animation techniques as a basis for animated short films, interactive installations and participative ...

Gerrit Walther

Gunnar Krupp

Hansjörg Schmidt

Heiko Idensen

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Heiko Wolf

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Helge Albrecht

Henning Steinbock

Hinnerk Köhn

Ines Bott

Jakob Kopczynski

Jakob Kopczynski is co-founder of the Initiative Creative Gaming, member of jaf – Verein für medienpädagogische Praxis and lecturer at HAW Hamburg. At PLAY17 he is responsible for the production ...

Jan Schmietendorf

Jasmin Hennig

Jennifer Cahnbley

Jill Mao

Jill is studying her Master’s degree in educational sciences at the University of Hamburg. Currently she is working on her thesis that focusses on (lifelong) learning in and with virtual ...

Johanna Janiszewski

Johanna Otte

Johannes Deml

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Julian Bohm

Juliane Kühn

Julie Heitmann

Karin Liau

Karin Liau studied at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg and finished her artistic degree with french horn as her main subject. She is on stage in and around […]

Katharina Appel

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Katharina Körner

Katherine Oles

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Kathia von Roth

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Kathrin Joswig

Katja Hofmann

Khaaro

Kristina Thoms

Linda Kruse

Maik Helfrich

Manuel Muerte

Marcus Munzlinger

Mareike Ottrand

Mareike Ottrand was born in 1983, to the surprise of her parents, with a pencil in her hand. Hence her career options were quite narrow. After drawing a lot of bunnies […]

Mark Noll

Matthias Kempke

Matthias Löwe

Matthias Löwe is engaged in workshops, talks and festivals in association with the Initiative Creative Gaming to establish an artistic and creative use of games. As an interaction designer, he is ...

Matti Seydel

Merle Heins

Merlin Teckenburg

Nadia-Vera Niemann

Nico Nolden

Nike Wilhelms

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Nils Roemmert

Nina

Ole

Paulina Keller

Pia Hartmer

Pia von Bargen

Renya Brockmann

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Robin Hädicke

Sabrina Berkhane

Sabrina Weiss

Sara Lodeserto

Sarah Pützer

Sascha Wiersch

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Sibel Baran

Simon Böttger

Simon Pontius

Simon Pontius studied Media Systems at the HAW Hamburg and works for a local software company as IT-Consultant. He is a passionate photographer and publishes regularly photos and videos on […]

Simone Grünewald

Sofia Kats

Sophie Borchert

Stefan Horn

Stefanie Neumann

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Svenja Anhut

Tanja Pfefferkorn

Theresa Hahl

Thilo Lübker

For the Initiative Creative Gaming Thilo undertakes workshops, supports other related events and is Head of Production for the locations of PLAY17. He invents own games, sneaks his way around ...

Thomas Kunze

Thomas Kunze is the founder of the Games Institute Austria and the registered association Spielmacher, which focuses on the use of games, video games and game-like methods in new contexts […]

Tina Ziegler

Tina Ziegler has been working in the media industry since 1994. She gained practical experience by managing advertising photo shootings and producing advertising films and engaged in theory by ...

Tobias Miller

Tobias Othmar Hermann

Tolke Weinhold

Tolke studied and worked in design and since 2010 in art direction. After more than five years of learning in the various categories of advertising she took a sabbatical to […]

Valentina Birke

Valentina Birke works as a freelance media pedagog with the Initiative Creative Gaming and campaigns the creative and critical use of games and sees games as a form of expression. […]

Vera Marie Rodewald

Vera Marie Rodewald is a media pedagog in Hamburg. She is also a research assistant for media education at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburgand lecturer at the Leibniz University in ...

Verena Cojic

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