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  • Registration for Spring Seminar ‘Party!’ and Finnish Day of Game Studies

    The registration for Tampere University Game Research Lab’s Spring Seminar ‘Party!’ is now open! The seminar is organized on Thursday and Friday 4–5 May and includes 20 research presentations, as well as keynotes from Mia Consalvo (Concordia University) and Olli Sotamaa (Tampere University). Read more and register at: https://springseminar.org. A day before the seminar on…

  • Game Project 2022 games are available!

    Game Project 2022 games are available!

    On our Game Project course, students have been working hard and creating new games. All of the games are now available for anyone to play! During the course, the students familiarized themselves with game creation processes through lectures and workshops, and most importantly, by creating games. During the spring, the students engaged in three game…

  • Game Project 2020 games are now available

    Game Project 2020 games are now available

    This year’s Game Project course (MTAA05a) has ended with 18 new games. The students of the course have been working hard and creating games for the whole Spring term. All of the games are now available for anyone to play. During the course, the students familiarized themselves with game creation processes through lectures, workshops, game…

  • Call for Papers: Urban Play

    Call for Papers: Urban Play

    The 15th annual Game Research Lab Spring Seminar focuses on Urban Play. Call for Papers Urban spaces offer a rich environment for a diversity of play practices, from location-based games to parkour and from hopscotch to chess in parks. Historically, cities have offered rich affordances for games and play, but in recent years the spread…

  • Game Project 2018 games available

    Game Project 2018 games available

    The students of ITIA9 Game Project course have been creating games for the whole Spring term. All of the games are now also available for anyone to download and play. During the course, the students familiarized themselves with game creation processes through lectures, workshops, game company visits, and, most importantly, creating games themselves. Each of the…

  • Money and Games seminar program and registration

    Money and Games seminar program and registration

    We have now published the program and opened the non-speaker registration for the Money and Games seminar. The seminar takes place on April 18-19 at the University of Tampere. Participation is free of charge, but as attendee count is limited, registration is required. See more information and the registration instructions on the seminar web page:…