Do video games raise social awareness?

Game development expert Johanna Pirker - By Cornelia Kröpfl BA MA - A video game can sometimes be more than a documentary. At TU Graz, Johanna Pirker and her team are doing research into creating games that make us better. . "Security and privacy are also extremely important in digital worlds such as video games," emphasizes Johanna Pirker. She is assistant professor of games engineering at the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science. "On the large platforms there are already precautions in place to prevent fraud. There is still potential here, especially on smaller gaming platforms." Together with her team, Pirker does research on "developing games that make us better".