We are very happy and proud to welcome several new researchers into our Tampere Gamelab team, starting early […]
Category Archive: Research
The History of Games 2020 conference Transnational game histories was organised 21–24 October as a virtual conference. Some […]
Even though the international DiGRA 2020 conference, planned to be held in Tampere in June 2020, was unfortunately […]
Please spread the word about this new round of positions, now open for applications in the Centre of […]
In a new article published in Nordicom Review our researchers share insights from the process based on the finished newsgames and their accompanying news articles, students’ self-assessments, feedback, other documents created during the course, as well as teachers’ observations.
Time: 21.11.2019–22.11.2019 Location: Mattilanniemi, Agora Auditorium 1 & Mattilanniemi A 210 What does celebrity mean in game cultures? […]
The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies and Tampere University Game Research Lab are happy to announce […]
In relation to the upcoming event Playing (with) Non-Violence (25. 9. 2019), Dr Maria B. Garda was interviewed by the Turun yliopisto News Team. Maria shared some of her thoughts on games and violence.
Since 2013, game platform itch.io has become well-known among game scholars as an outlet for short, indie video games. Yet itch.io is now increasingly home to the development scene producing the most interesting (and rapidly evolving) tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs), labeled under “physical games.”
[Finnish language job announcement] Tampereen yliopiston pelitutkimusryhmä, Pelikulttuurien tutkimuksen huippuyksikkö ja pelitutkimuksen opetusohjelma etsivät kahta täydennystä tiimiin.