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Breaking the Magic Circle

Game Research Lab Spring Seminar 2008 Tampere Finland 10-11 April

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Programme update!

April 1, 2008 at 11:06 am · Filed under news and tagged: cancellation, Friday, programme, schedule

We have updated the seminar programme due to one paper cancellation. Unfortunately Eetu Paloheimo had to cancel his presentation “Game Experiences in Skill Based Online Gambling Games”, which was scheduled for Friday. Changes in schedule emphasised in green below:

FRIDAY
10:00-12:00 Session 4
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:30 Session 5
14:30-15:00 Closing Discussion
17:30 Crash Course to Finland part 2: Sauna Excursion

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Topics for the papers might include, but are not limited to:

pervasive, mobile or location based gaming,

alternate reality gaming

casual, non-immersive or coincidental forms of play,

professional gaming,

money gaming, betting and gambling within digital games and play
Work-in-progress seminar

Nature of the seminar is work-in-progress, emphasising peer-to-peer discussion. For each paper, 30 min. slot is provided, including only 10 min. of presentation and 20 min. of discussion.
Invited commentators

Paper commentators include Markus Montola, researcher from the University of Tampere; Aki Järvinen researcher from the Finnish National Lottery Veikkaus and Simon Niedenthal, associate professor of interaction design from Malmö University.

Important dates

Abstract Deadline:
January 15, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: January 30, 2008
Full Paper deadline:
March 27, 2007
Seminar dates:
April 10-11, 2007

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Game Research Lab

The Game Research Lab in the University of Tampere is a top facility for culturally and qualitatively oriented games research and part of its new media department, Hypermedia Laboratory. It provides both traditional and experimental means for examining games and players, together with the various cultural, social, and psychological aspects that are important in wider contexts of gaming.

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Game Research Lab

Hypermedia Laboratory

University of Tampere

Previous seminars

Creative Gamers (2005)

Gamers in Society (2007)

Playing Roles (2006)

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