Category Archives: game studies
Game and Internet Studies, University of Tampere
Interested in doing your masters degree about Internet or games in Tampere? Our degree program is open for the international applicants for the first time. You can read more from here: http://www.uta.fi/sis/en/studies/disciplines/infim/studies/game.html
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CFP: User-Generated Culture
I will be presenting a keynote in an interesting conference in May, spreading here word about the call for papers: CALL FOR PAPERS You, Me, User – Conference on User-Generated Culture Friday 25, May – Saturday 26, May 2012 in … Continue reading
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Play and exercise in Active Learning Spaces
Our third new research project is part another large consortium project, coordinated by professor Roope Raisamo (TAUCHI). A work package on play and exercise is situated within Active Learning Spaces, a new Tekes project. (Link forthcoming.)
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Play2Work in RYM
Another new project that we have started working on even before Christmas is RYM/Future Learning Environments, where our Gamelab team is joining forces with indoors building experts and educational researchers to look into the future of playful collaboration particularly in … Continue reading
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New possibilities for print media and packaging – combining print with digital
I was a co-applicant in a new COST initiative “New possibilities for print media and packaging – combining print with digital”, coordinated by Anu Seisto/VTT, and the proposal was accepted and is now starting. I am looking forward to networking … Continue reading
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SF tutkijatapaaminen / researcher meeting 2012
Here is the CFP for this year’s science fiction and fantasy researcher meeting at Finncon (below in English): MUUKALAISET, TULKAA KOTIIN – XIII SCIFI- JA FANTASIATUTKIJATAPAAMINEN Tampereella torstaina 19.7. & perjantaina 20.7. 2012 Finnconin yhteydessä järjestettävän kolmannentoista scifi- ja fantasiatutkijoiden … Continue reading
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The five-year upgrade plan
Here are some retro- and introspective reflections on the occasion of PC upgrade at Christmas 2011. After three days (and one night) of installation, hacking and re-installation, I have again a personal play/workstation that is pretty pleasing to use. (My … Continue reading
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Play, fantasy, empowerment and learning
I will be talking about the themes mentioned in the blog topic today in an eLearning seminar in Tampere. My (Finnish) title can be translated as “Games – learning and growing into subjects of online world”. The full program is … Continue reading
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System speed upgrade
Ok, I have now submitted my order for the following PC components: Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3 Intel Z68 LGA1155 ATX motherboard Corsair Vengeance 8 GB Kit PC3-15000, 1866 MHz, 2×240 DIMM 8 GB Kit(2×4096 MB) system memory OCZ Agility 3 120 GB … 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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