Physical and Digital in Games and Play
Game Research Lab Spring Seminar 2013
Tampere Finland
Workshop Day
Wednesday 29th May
| 10:00 – 15:00 | Hybbi Playful Brainstorming Workshop https://physicaldigitalseminar.wordpress.com/hybbi-workshop/ Media museum Rupriikki, Finlayson area |
| 10:30 – 16:00 | Pelitutkimuksen päivä http://digrafinland.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/pelitutkimuksen-paiva-29-5-2013/ Uusi Tehdas, Finlayson area Pelitutkimuksen päivä is a one day seminar organized by DiGRA Finland and Neogames. Finnish game researchers and students are presenting and discussing their recent work. The seminar is open for everyone interested in game studies. Seminar language is Finnish. |
| (16:00) 18:00 – 22:00 | Pre-Seminar Dinner @ Plevna Join us for the annual pre-seminar dinner at Plevna Brewery Pub and Restaurant |
Day 1
Thursday 30th May
University of Tampere, Pinni B, LS B3107
| 9:00 – 9:30 | COFFEE (provided by Hybridex) |
| 9:30 – 9:40 | Welcoming words, Frans Mäyrä |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Commentator Presentation: Annika Waern (no paper) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Rafael Bienia: Agency of Game Materials in German larp |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | BREAK |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Kim Nevelsteen: Design Implications of Spatial Representations and Mappings Thereof in Pervasive Games |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Tuomas Harviainen: Gods within Tiny Realities: The Play with Managerial Styles in Larps |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | LUNCH |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Student Presentation: Jakub Dolecek: Popularization of Science by Live Action Role-Playing Games in Czech Republic (no paper) |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Miguel V. Espada & Ana Kuntzelman: ‘Interactive Chalk Cars’: an interactive installation exploring rule adaptability on physical games |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Frans Mäyrä, Annakaisa Kultima, Kati Alha & Heikki Tyni: Slide to Work: Analyzing the Concept of Slide in Workplace |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | COFFEE (provided by Hybridex) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Perttu Hämäläinen: Gamification of exercise using computer vision and motion sensing technologies |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Janne Paavilainen: Competitive Laser Tag: An Ethnographic Study |
| 19:00 – 23:00 | Seminar Get-Together @ School of Information Science Come and join us for some informal discussions and game playing at the School of Information Sciences premises. Snacks and drinks provided by Hybridex |
Day 2
Friday 31st May
Pinni B, LS B3107
| 9:30 – 10:00 | COFFEE (provided by Hybridex) |
| 10:00 – 10:40 | Commentator Presentation: Katriina Heljakka “Adults Toying” (no paper) |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Mark Lochier: Time-wARpeXplorer: creating a playful experience in an urban time warp |
| 11:10 – 11:40 | Marcus Carter, Dr. Martin Gibbs & Mitchell Harrop: The Roll of Dice in Warhammer 40,000 |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | BREAK |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Iouliani Theona: Best of Both Worlds? Investigating the Spatiality of Hybrid Reality Games |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Annakaisa Kultima, Heikki Tyni & Frans Mäyrä: Dimensions of Hybrid in Playful Products |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Student Presentation: Ville Kankainen: Blood Bowl vs. Fumbbl – comparing the digital and tabletop gaming experience (no paper) |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Inger Ekman: Physical-digital sound links: a breakdown of the audio strategies found in commercial locative games |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | COFFEE (provided by Hybridex) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Olli Sotamaa: Digital Games Do Not Exist – A Thinkpiece |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Discussion |
| 18:00 – 21:00 | Trip to Kaupinoja sauna – A trip to authentic Tampere sauna experience. We will leave from the university inner yard at 18:00 sharp. You will need to bring your own towel, swimsuit and perhaps some change for sausage or beer. More info on Kaupinoja sauna: http://www.talviuimarit.fi/kaupinojan-sauna/kaupinoja-sauna-in-english/ |
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Extra Day
Saturday 1st June
| 16:00 – 02:00 | Gaming nite @ bar 931; playable games, game music and Docent Sotamaa’s famous Game Quiz. The event is organized by Utaplay and is open for public. More info at: https://www.facebook.com/Ravintola931 https://www.facebook.com/pages/UTAPLAY/407667209302768 |
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