Author: Daniel Goldberg

Daniel Goldberg is a Swedish writer on technology and the internet who works closely with journalist Linus Larsson. The pair edited The State of Play, published by Seven Stories Press under the fuller title The State of Play: Creators and Critics on Video Game Culture. They selected essays from sixteen game creators, critics, and commentators to examine games as art and as a setting for debates about identity, representation, class, and digital life. Goldberg and Larsson had previously collaborated on Swedish Hackers and Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus "Notch" Persson and the Game that Changed Everything. Their editorial role gives this collection a deliberately varied set of voices rather than a single argument about gaming.