Category Archives: events
Portti-kilpailun tulokset 2011
(The Portti science fiction short story awards were given out yesterday) Portin Tieteis- ja fantasianovellien kirjoituskilpailu 2011:n tulokset 1. palkinto, 2000 e: Anne Leinonen (Ristiina) novellista “Oliverin kirja” 2. palkinto, 700 e: M.G.Soikkeli (Tampere) novellista “Luottokoira vain sinun rakkaudellesi” 3. … Continue reading
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Digiajasta ikuisuuteen -seminaari
[A seminar about keeping our digital heritage.] – Levitetään viestiä mielenkiintoisesta seminaarista: Digiajasta ikuisuuteen eli mitä kulttuurista kannattaa säilyttää Kiasma, Helsinki Tiistai 13.12.2011 klo 10–16 Tulevaisuutta on vaikea nähdä. Historiaa ei voi ennustaa. Nykyhetki näyttää selkeältä vain etäältä tarkasteltuna – … Continue reading
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Philosophy of Computer Games 2012
For your information, the 2012 Philosophy of Computer Games conference has now published the list of accepted papers in its program page — go to: http://2012.gamephilosophy.org/ The conferene will take place in Madrid at the end of January.
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Nokia Visiting Professor
I was happy to receive Nokia Visiting Professor grant last Thursday – the grant relates to my collaboration with the team of Dr Gareth Schott from University of Waikato, New Zealand. The research project in Waikato is titled “Videogame classification: … Continue reading
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Informaatiokone ja ihminen Turussa
Tällainenkin hauska tilaisuus tulossa, saimme tästä aiheen Turun matkaan: EETOS Ry yhteistyössä Tanssiteatteri Erin kanssa toivottaa sinut tervetulleeksi keskustelutilaisuuteen: ERI-Klubi Punakone 19.11.2011 Koneen ja ihmisen yhdessäolo aiheuttaa suuria tunteita. Toinen näkee punaista, jos ihmistä verrataan koneeseen. Toinen taas punastuu mielihyvästä … Continue reading
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Video Gamers Live Book Review video
The video recording of me interviewing/doing a “live book review” of Garry Crawford and his book Video Gamers (Routledge, 2011) is now online:
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EUROFAN in Salzburg
At the end of September, I was fortunate to be invited as a keynote speaker to EUROFAN conference in Salzburg, Austria. The subtitle for EUROFAN was “New Directions for the European Fantastic After the Cold War”, which pretty much sets … Continue reading
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Peliosaamisen koulutuskokonaisuus / Game studies courses
University of Tampere Game Research Lab will be offering extensive “personal development courses” in games research and design, here is the list of course modules: M1: Introduction to the History and Theories of Games and Play (6 op) M2: Analysis … Continue reading
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Games Are Not Dangerous Enough!
[These are the notes of my talk in the game studies "rant" session of DiGRA 2011 conference, 16 September, 2011. A word of warning to the reader: taken out of their original context, certain understanding of the ambiguous operations in … Continue reading
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DiGRA Nordic 2012 Call for Papers
Spread the word: the CFP for the next year’s DiGRA Nordic conference is out: http://digra-nordic2012.org/ This one will take place in June 6-8 2012, at Tampere, Finland – exactly ten years after the CGDC 2002 that kick-started our Game Research … Continue reading
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