Miguel Sicart is an Associate Professor at the IT University, where he teaches play design. He is the author of The Ethics of Computer Games (The MIT Press, 2009), Beyond Choices (The MIT Press, 2013), and Play Matters (The MIT Press, 2014). His work combines the philosophy of technology, game studies, and design theory to try to make sense of play. His most recent research focuses on the nature of play in the software society, and on the ridiculous nature of all software.