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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures

The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 6d

Michael Dieter will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures" on Thursday 9 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/Mo8ZUOJ...

Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures by Michael Dieter While media theory and software studies have often conceptualized the interface in broadly aesthetic terms - as medium, relation or ...

OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Institutions of Play: Mapping Japan’s Indie Game Scene

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 10d

Bryan Hikari Hartzheim will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Institutions of Play: Mapping Japan’s Indie Game Scene" on Thursday 2 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/IuTUH27...

OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Remnants of Play

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Game Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social · 17d

Tarvitseeko Suomi pelikulttuuristrategiaa peliharrastustoiminnan, pelinkehitystoiminnan ja pelikulttuurin kestävämpään kehittämiseen? Tule kuulemaan lisää Pelikulttuuristrategiapäivään! Mukana myös PEGASUS-hankkeemme.

Ke 5.11. @ Paidia, Tampere. Ilmoittaudu mukaan: pelikasvatus.fi/pelikulttuur...

Mainoskuva, jossa tapahtuman tiedot, verkkosivujen osoite ja järjestäjien logot.

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 27d

Professor Nick Webber (@ doktornick.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Remnants of Play" on Wednesday 17 September at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/gdl-hgm...

Remnants of Play by Prof. Nick Webber In this talk Prof. Nick Webber focuses on his ongoing research around ‘remnants of play’, those things left behind or kept when a play experience ends. The talk ...

OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Taking the Metso, the Retro, and the Algo(s): On Nostalgia and Video Games

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Sep 8

Richy Srirachanikorn (@ srirachanikorn.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Taking the Metso, the Retro, and the Algo(s): On Nostalgia and Video Games" on Thursday 11 September at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/VVvu5Ix...

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen & Julius Soini: Student Volunteers Reflect on the Festival of Game Culture by the CoE Game Culture Studies

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Jun 10

Our final blog post before the summer is live!

In this blog post, volunteer students Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen, and Julius Soini share their experiences and reflections on helping to organize the Festival of Game Culture, held on 29–31 May 2025 in Tampere, Finland.

Volunteer students, Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen & Julius Soini, helped organize the Festival of Game Culture event held 29-31 May 2025 in Tampere, Finland. In this blog post, they des…

OASIS Lunchtime Talk: The future of media studies is game studies

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Jun 2

Dr. Mia Consalvo (@miac.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "The future of media studies is game studies" on Thursday 5 June at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Oasis space at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/QT4_m7F...

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Tanja Välisalo: Game jam based on historical maps

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · May 6

In our latest blog post, Research Manager Tanja Välisalo (@tanjavalisalo.bsky.social) dives into Cartographia Game Jam, a game development event held at the National Archives of Finland in Helsinki in March 2025. Read the full post here: coe-gamecult.org/2025/04/30/t...

In this blog post, Research Manager Tanja Välisalo discusses “Cartographia Game Jam”, a game development event organized at the National Archives of Finland in March 2025.

Nordic DiGRA 2025 Conference

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · May 5

⏰ As a final reminder, you can still register for the Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference until this Friday, 9 May, at 23:59 EEST (UTC+3)!

Buy your ticket here: www.eventbrite.fi/e/nordic-dig... The tickets may sell out before the deadline.

Conference programme: www.nordicdigra2025.org/nordic-digra...

Nordic DiGRA 2025: Hope - Envisioning the Future of Game Cultures

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · May 4

Doctoral Researcher Ville Malinen shares his thoughts in the CoE blog on the E-Gaming Symposium 2025 held in Seinäjoki (Finland), where he gave a presentation and followed the two-day program filled with insights into gaming and research.

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Ville Malinen: Steering past esports management and indie games – Reflecting the E-Gaming Symposium 2025

In this blogpost, Doctoral Researcher Ville Malinen discusses his visit to the E-Gaming Symposium 2025 held in Seinäjoki (Finland). In addition to his own presentation, Malinen reflects on the prog…

Nordic DiGRA 2025 Programme

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Apr 14

Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference programme is now published! There are some audience seats available, register swiftly to secure a seat!

Nordic DiGRA 2025 is organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the CoE in Game Culture Studies.

www.nordicdigra2025.org

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Apr 4

Interested in gender structures in video games? The blog post by Postdoctoral Research Fellow Matilda Ståhl & Associate Professor Fredrik Rusk gives an English summary of their book chapter originally published in Swedish, exploring hegemonic gender structures in Fallout 76 through duoethnography.

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article summary: Hegemonic gender structures in change – a duoethnography in the multiplayer game Fallout 76 (Matilda Ståhl & Fredrik Rusk, 2025)

This blog post provides an English summary of a book chapter, originally published in Swedish, that explores hegemonic gender structures in Fallout 76 using duoethnography.

OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Game as Art - A practical toolkit to identify artistic games

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Apr 1

The next Oasis Lunchtime Talk is on “Game as Art: A practical toolkit to identify artistic games” by Alina Potemska on Thursday 3rd of March at 12:00-13:00 EET/ UTC+2. Join us at Oasis space at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/LC0bLvW...

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Aasa Timonen: Researching Warhammer in Manchester Metropolitan University

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Mar 13

The 21st annual Tampere Game Research Lab Spring Seminar is just around the corner. The theme this year is Arts and Games. Registration for the event is now open. The event is free, but we have limited space, so sign up now. Hope to see you in Tampere! springseminar.org/2025/03/10/r...

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Mar 3

What makes a foreign country feel like a second home? In our latest blog post, Doctoral Researcher Aasa Timonen (@rosgakori.bsky.social) shares her experiences as a visiting research fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University.

In this blog post, Doctoral Researcher Aasa Timonen talks about her experiences as a visiting research fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, and how a foreign country can sometimes feel lik…

Ville Kankainen: Networked media environment shapes tabletop gaming experiences – physical–digital interaction affords new meanings for the games | Tamp...

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Feb 12

Ville Kankainen’s doctoral defence on “Hybrid Play Experience and Design in Tabletop Gaming” takes place on Friday 21.2. at 12:00 EET/ UTC+2 at Tampere University & online. The dissertation: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978... Stream: tuni.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page... More info: www.tuni.fi/en/news/vill...

The rekindled debate in traditional and social media over a Finnish all-time-favorite, yet controversial boardgame, Star of Africa (Afrikan tähti), illustrates the multidimensional meanings of tabl...

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Feb 11

In this article summary, Markku Reunanen, Tapani Joelsson, and Petri Saarikoski explore gaming on marginal home computers in 1980s Finland, highlighting user experiences, community support, and the factors behind their decline.

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article summary: In Commodore’s Shadow – Gaming on 1980s’ Marginal Home Computers (Markku Reunanen, Tapani Joelsson and Petri Saarikoski, 2024)

This blog post provides an English summary of an article that explores gaming on marginal home computers in 1980s Finland, highlighting user experiences, community support, and the factors behind t…

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Rami Mähkä: Change on the Fly – Shifting Player Identification in NHL Video Gaming

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Feb 3

Adjunct Professor Rami Mähkä writes about ice hockey video game research and player identification in the CoE blog: the games remain popular one decade after another because they are based on virtual versions of real-life hockey teams and players, which are updated annually.

In this blog text, Adjunct Professor Rami Mähkä writes about ice hockey video game research. The context is explicitly Finnish, even if the perspective, player identification, applies international…

Elina Koskinen: Pokémon GO momentarily transformed the atmosphere in Finland – players filled public spaces and chatted with strangers | Tampere univers...

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Jan 24

Elina Koskinen’s (@elinako.bsky.social) doctoral defence on “Memorable Player Experiences with Pokémon GO” takes place on Friday 31.1. 12:00 UTC+3 at Tampere University & online. The thesis: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978.... Stream: tuni.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page... More info: www.tuni.fi/en/news/elin...

Pokémon GO came out with a bang in 2016. Suddenly streets and parks were full of people hunting “pocket monsters” and chatting freely with each other. Pokémon GO temporarily changed the social atmo...

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Dec 19

The Finnish Player Barometer 2024 has been published!
Find the Barometer here (in Finnish, but you can find an English abstract within the publication): trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024...

Pelaajabarometri 2024 : Seurapelaamisen vastaisku - Trepo

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Dec 18

In our latest CoE blogpost Ruotsalainen et al. reflect on “Feminist Approaches to Esports Research” workshop organized in November 2024. By reading selected texts, the authors contemplate how feminist studies and understanding the margins should be extended to examining esports as whole.

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Maria Ruotsalainen, Tom Legierse, Azul Romo Flores, Finja Walsdorff, Ida Martine Gard Rysjedal & Egil Trasti Rogstad: Reflections on workshop “Feminist a...

In this blog post, Postdoctoral Researcher Maria Ruotsalainen, PhD Research Fellow Tom Legierse, Doctoral Researcher Azul Romo Flores, Media Scholar Finja Walsdorff, Doctoral Researcher Ida Martine…

Game Jamming in Schools : Affordances of game jam events in general formal education - Trepo

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Dec 17

Riikka Aurava's doctoral defence "Game Jamming in Schools: Affordances of game jam events in general formal education" on Tue 17.12. at Tampere university & online.
The thesis: trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024...
Stream: tuni.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
More info: www.tuni.fi/en/news/riik...

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · Dec 3

Dive into this fascinating new blog post by Doctoral Researcher Mayara Araujo Caetano, who explores tags as a valuable point of entrance to study user animated pornography production using sex game and its points of connections with free porn platforms and its creation and consumption logics.

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Mayara Araujo Caetano: Tags and user animated sex game porn

In this blog post, Doctoral Researcher Mayara Araujo Caetano explores tags as a valuable point of entrance to study user animated pornography production using sex game and its points of connections…