About the Author

Pablo Abend (Dr.) is a postdoctoral reseacher in the project 'Modding and Editor-Games. Participatory Practices in Mediatized Worlds' in the DFG Priority Program Mediatized Worlds (1505) at the Institute for Media Studies and Theater, University of Cologne (Germany). Mathias Fuchs (Dr.), artist, musician and media scholar, is Senior Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation (MECS) at Leuphana University, Lüneburg (Germany). He is a pioneer in the field of game art and is a leading scholar in game studies. Annika Richterich (Dr.) is an assistant professor in Digital Culture at Maastricht University (Netherlands). Karin Wenz (Dr.) is assistant professor for Media Culture at Maastricht University (Netherlands) and director of studies of the MA in Media Culture.