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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project between researchers from Tampere University, University of Turku, and University of Jyväskylä, funded by the Academy of Finland.
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People start playing Pokémon GO because of the franchise and fandom, but stay to catch ‘em all

Alha, K., Koskinen, E., Paavilainen, J., & Hamari, J. (2019) Why do people play location-based augmented reality games: […]

February 6, 2019 Blog, Research

Vedonlyöjä riskinhallinnan asiantuntijana

Dosentti Pauliina Raento on johtavia rahapelikulttuurin tutkimuksen asiantuntijoita ja hän on aloittanut tammikuussa 2019 tutkimustyön Pelikulttuurien tutkimuksen huippuyksikössä. […]

January 16, 2019 News, Research

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

December 21, 2018 News

Jukka Vahlo: A novel method for measuring players’ gameplay preferences

Understanding why people play games and participate in different kinds of gameful and playful activities has been a […]

November 21, 2018 Blog, Research

Veli-Matti Karhulahti: Bang! Evolving Cultures of Gaming in Korea

Veli-Matti Karhulahti has been doing fieldwork in Korea since September. He is a visiting researcher at Yonsei University. […]

November 21, 2018 Blog, Research

Visiting lecture: Jaroslav Švelch

Jaroslav Švelch (picture)
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A visiting CoE-GameCult scholar lecture took place in 14th November in OASIS at the University of Tampere. The […]

November 14, 2018 Events, News

GamiFIN 2019 approaching

GamiFIN is a leading international conference in gamification. Next year, it’s organized in the Finnish Lapland, Levi, April […]

November 7, 2018 Calls, Events

Kati Alha: Spending Money on Free Games

While being extremely successful, free-to-play games have received critique on being exploitative, unethical or simply poor game experiences. […]

November 6, 2018 Blog, Research

Call for Papers: Urban Play

The 15th annual University of Tampere Game Research Lab Spring Seminar focuses on Urban Play. Urban spaces offer […]

October 29, 2018 Calls, Events, News

Jonne Arjoranta & Marko Siitonen: Misusing Emotes

What do players do when they can’t talk to each other directly? Argue on the forums, it seems […]

October 16, 2018 Blog, Research

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