From the board to the screen

strategies of power and biopolitics in games

Authors

  • Gabrielle Leal Pinto Faculdade de Direito do Sul de Minas
  • Rafael Lazzarotto Simioni Faculdade de Direito do Sul de Minas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/RFADIR-53.1.2025.81816.97-113

Keywords:

Games, Manipulation, Biopolitics, Governance, Digital Age

Abstract

This article aims to investigate how games, from board to screen, reflect and produce biopolitical rationalities, analyzing their role as devices of power in contemporary times and their potential as spaces of resistance. The methodology used in this research consists of a qualitative bibliographic study with a literature review, using scientific articles and books by Michel Foucault, Byung-Chul Han, and Shoshana Zuboff, available online and in physical versions, as a theoretical basis. The study gathered and compared the various data found in the sources consulted and listed the main factors regarding the relationship between games and biopolitics. The central question is to understand how games, from board to screen, express biopolitical rationalities and can act both as devices of power and as spaces of resistance. The results indicate that games are permeated by power relations and cannot be seen merely as entertainment. Both board and digital games embody mechanisms of regulation, discipline, and governance of life.

Author Biographies

  • Gabrielle Leal Pinto, Faculdade de Direito do Sul de Minas

    Mestranda em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito do Sul de Minas. Bolsista Capes.

  • Rafael Lazzarotto Simioni, Faculdade de Direito do Sul de Minas

    Pós-Doutor em Filosofia e Teoria do Direito pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra (2011), Doutor em Direito Público pela Unisinos (2008), Mestre em Direito pela UCS (2005) e graduação em Direito pela UCS. Foi Professor da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Professor convidado da FE/Unicamp e Professor da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Caxias do Sul e da Universidade Luterana do Brasil. É professor permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Faculdade de Direito do Sul de Minas-FDSM. Coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da FDSM. Pesquisador-líder do Grupo de Pesquisa Margens do Direito (PPGD/FDSM/CNPq). Coordenador da Revista da Faculdade de Direito do Sul de Minas. Coordenador Científico e de Pós-Graduação da FDSM. Consultor da Capes e CNPq na avaliação de projetos.

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Published

2026-10-06

Issue

Vol. 53 No. 1 (2025): Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

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How to Cite

From the board to the screen: strategies of power and biopolitics in games. (2026). Journal of the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Uberlândia, 53(1), 97-113. https://doi.org/10.14393/RFADIR-53.1.2025.81816.97-113