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On Centering Excellence in Game Culture Studies, a Goodbye Letter

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In their farewell post, our Alumni Sabine Harrer, explores the notion of excellence in game culture studies and shares their thoughts on what they think can still be done to dismantle some of the pressing structural problems present in game cultures and game research.

Maria Garda September 10, 2020 Blog

2-4 Postdoctoral Research Fellow or University Researcher (senior researcher) posts: Tampere/CoE-GameCult team

Please spread the word about this new round of positions, now open for applications in the Centre of […]

Frans Mäyrä August 4, 2020 Calls, News

Researching Overwatch and the Benefits of Co-Research

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In this post, CoE researchers Maria Ruotsalainen and Tanja Välisalo tell the story of the Overwatch research project, and what they have learned from it so far.

Tanja Välisalo May 12, 2020 Blog

Parenting Digital Game Players in the Time of COVID-19

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Mikko Meriläinen discusses the challenges of parenting and digital games during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jan Švelch May 8, 2020 Blog

Story Beats as Micronarrative Units for Ludonarrative Analysis

An example of a story beat from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
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Visiting researcher Michał Mochocki explores the suitability of story beats for video game analysis. The key question is the compatibility of story beats with player-controlled ludic action.

Jan Švelch April 27, 2020 Blog

Tech Tips for Remote Meetings & Education

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CoE-GameCult director, professor Frans Mäyrä shares tech tips for conducting remote meetings and distance education, during the epidemic.

Frans Mäyrä March 16, 2020 Blog

Season’s Greetings 2019

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This has been the second full year of operation for the Centre. This year, we have both continued our existing research tracks, opened some new ones, and particularly put emphasis on international collaboration and visits.

Frans Mäyrä December 20, 2019 News

Developing Newsgames with Students

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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.

Tanja Välisalo December 16, 2019 Blog, Research

Deep Games, Rituals, and Schmetterlife: Doris C. Rusch Visits the CoE

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In late October, the CoE welcomed researcher and game designer Doris Rusch, professor of game design at the Game Design Department in Visby, Gotland for a guest visit.

Jan Švelch November 19, 2019 Blog

Play with Your Food: Exploring Food Sustainability with Video Games

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Recent years have seen an explosion in the complexity of global food systems: the circuits of production, distribution, and consumption through which food travels. Food and eating also seem to be more prominent in games and play, in titles like Overcooked, Final Fantasy XV, and Stardew Valley.

Jan Švelch November 15, 2019 Blog

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