Adam Sulzdorf-Liszkiewicz

Adam Sulzdorf-Liszkiewicz is an American designer and educator who teaches at Occidental College. He has designed virtual reality games and serious games.[1][2]

History

Sulzdorf-Liszkiewicz received a MFA from SUNY Buffalo and a PhD from the USC Interactive Media & Games Division. He has taught game design and theory at the University of California, Los Angeles. As a student he developed theory around popular games, specifically FarmVille, as a cultural phenomenon.[3][4]

Theory on Virtual Reality

Sulzdorf-Liszkiewicz has been credited with connecting Absurdism with Virtual Reality (VR) as an extension of ongoing philosophy on how humans imagine themselves when in VR environments. He has cited the absurdist Fluxus art movement as a point of entry for this theory.[5] In these same conversations he has described the importance of so-called Relational Aesthetics in VR, where human-to-human relationships outside of the VR headset are important to setting up any experience within.[6]

Sulzdorf-Liszkiewicz designed the VR game Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, which was released in 2017.[7]

Notes
  1. Unity. "DIRECTX 11 COMPETITION WINNER!". Archived from the original on 2016-02-12.
  2. Occidental College (2018-03-29). "New Directions in MAC: An Evening With 18-19 Visiting Assistant Professor of Digital Media & Culture Adam Sulzdorf-Liszkiewicz". Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  3. This Way Up (2010-08-14). "Farmville". Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  4. Marketplace. "Like lots of people, Google shells out money for Farmville". Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  5. Lanfranco Aceti & Richard Rinehart (2013-04-15). "A. J. PATRICK LISZKIEWICZ, Interviewed" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  6. Kent Bye (2018-10-30). "Political Philosophy as Game Design: Resolving Paradox & Confusion with Play". Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  7. Steam. "Best of 2017: Virtual Reality".
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