The materialization of digital relationships

Thanks to their interactive nature, videogame plots are inherently dependent on a mutual understanding between game designer and user: videogames only work thanks to a collaborative effort between game creator and player.

Each videogame exemplifies this dynamic and sometimes connections multiply and go beyond the realm of pixels and colours. Beyond the creative partnership between player and designer, social media allows for relationships to be created between the various players of a game – the local multiplayer game can enhance interpersonal relationships. In the act of playing, players weave a network of digital relationships the offshoots of which go beyond the screen.

The selection focuses both on the classical local multiplayer games and on the more unusual ones – those that encourage the formation of new relationships.