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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project of the universities of Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä, and is funded by the Academy of Finland.

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Busy week for the CoE blog! Have a look at this blog post where Matilda Ståhl, Aska Mayer (@amayer.bsky.social), Robyn Hope, Rainforest Scully-Blaker (@rainforestsb.bsky.social) and Nick Taylor (@nickttaylor.bsky.social) discuss intersections between survival games and survivalism.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Matilda Ståhl, Aska Mayer, Robyn Hope, Rainforest Scully-Blaker, Nick Taylor: Looking to the future? Intersections between survival games and survivalism...
This post introduces SURVIVE, a project that has been a site of collaborative inquiry since 2025, looking at the intersections of ideas and practices of survivalism and preparedness in digital game…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The last article summary of the CoE blog is here! Ville Malinen discusses game videos addressing the fatal accident of Ayrton Senna as a form and tool of cultural memory based on his article originally written in Finnish. Read the summary here:
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article Summary: Game videos addressing the fatal accident of Ayrton Senna as a form and tool of cultural memory (Malinen, 2025)
This blog post provides an English summary of an article that explores the relationship between simulative game videos and cultural memory through the fatal crash of Formula One driver Ayrton Senna…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The search for a definitive “first” Finnish digital game or the singular origin of the Finnish game industry has shaped historical narratives, even though such beginnings are often complex, contested, and continuously pushed earlier by new discoveries. More in the blog post by Jaakko Suominen:
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Jaakko Suominen: Stories of the Origin of the Finnish Game Industry
The search for a definitive “first” Finnish digital game or the singular origin of the Finnish game industry has shaped historical narratives, even though such beginnings are often complex, contest…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
New article summary at the CoE blog: Markku Reunanen, Petri Saarikoski and Tapani Joelsson discuss how home computers arrived at Finnish homes in the 1980s based on an online survey conducted in 2022.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article Summary: “Me and Friends Got into Computing” – The Arrival of Computers at Finnish homes in the 1980s. (Reunanen, Saarikoski & Joelsson, 2025)
In this blog post, Markku Reunanen, Petri Saarikoski and Tapani Joelsson discuss how home computers arrived at Finnish homes in the 1980s based on an online survey conducted in 2022.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Rafael Marques de Albuquerque will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "A Framework for Mapping Digital Game Mechanics” on Thursday 27 November at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/1fkLl6Q...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: A Framework for Mapping Digital Game Mechanics
A Framework for Mapping Digital Game Mechanics by Rafael Marques de Albuquerque This talk presents an ongoing research project focused on developing a comprehensive framework of game mechanics. The g...
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
New post at CoE blog: Evgenia Amey and Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford outline their research on fanfiction based on The Elder Scrolls game series. They observe how fan writers narrativize gameplay and incorporate game content and in-universe texts into their stories. coe-gamecult.org/2025/11/17/e...
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Evgenia Amey & Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford: Exploring fanfiction set in the world of The Elder Scrolls
In this blog post, Evgenia Amey and Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford outline their research on fanfiction based on The Elder Scrolls game series. They observe how fan writers narrativize gameplay and i…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Juan F. Belmonte-Ávila (juanbeaumont.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Playing with Asynchronies” on Thursday 20 November at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/2I5M9Oe...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Playing with Asynchronies
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The Spring Seminar 2026 CfP is out now: springseminar.org/2026-call-fo... This time, the theme is “Events and Communities”. ⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026. 📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere by Tampere University Game Research Lab (@ gameresearchlab.bsky.social)
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Events are at the heart of game and play cultures. They are organized for many reasons and purposes, bringing people together to play, socialize, compete, learn and teach, network, sell, perform, c…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Jean Ketterling (@ jeanketterling.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Rhythm, Orgasm, & Chrononormativity in Orgasm Simulator & NSFWare” on Thursday 13 November at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/fQXNBXs...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Rhythm, Orgasm, & Chrononormativity in Orgasm Simulator & NSFWare
Rhythm, Orgasm, & Chrononormativity in Orgasm Simulator & NSFWare by Jean Ketterling In this presentation, prof. Jean Ketterling will analyse two games, Orgasm Simulator (Molleindustria 2003) and NSF...
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Florence Chee (@ cheeflo.bsky.social) gives an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Games growing up (again)? Intersections of Ethics, Law, and Policy in our public and private spaces” on Monday 10 November at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or online: www.youtube.com/live/Mo8ZUOJ...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Azul Romo Flores will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Learning to E-sport: A Swedish case study of the organization of E-sport education in upper-secondary schools” on Wednesday 29 October at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrGt...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Learning to E-sport
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Mark Maletska (@ markmaletska.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Why being a Ukrainian game studies scholar is… complicated?” on Thursday 23 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/EBRRynA...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Why being a Ukrainian game studies scholar is… complicated?
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
NEW DATE: Michael Dieter will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures" on Thursday 16 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/Mo8ZUOJ...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Michael Dieter will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures" on Thursday 9 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/Mo8ZUOJ...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures
Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures by Michael Dieter While media theory and software studies have often conceptualized the interface in broadly aesthetic terms - as medium, relation or ...
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Bryan Hikari Hartzheim will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Institutions of Play: Mapping Japan’s Indie Game Scene" on Thursday 2 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/IuTUH27...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Institutions of Play: Mapping Japan’s Indie Game Scene
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Professor Nick Webber (@ doktornick.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Remnants of Play" on Wednesday 17 September at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/gdl-hgm...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Remnants of Play
Remnants of Play by Prof. Nick Webber In this talk Prof. Nick Webber focuses on his ongoing research around ‘remnants of play’, those things left behind or kept when a play experience ends. The talk ...
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Richy Srirachanikorn (@ srirachanikorn.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Taking the Metso, the Retro, and the Algo(s): On Nostalgia and Video Games" on Thursday 11 September at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/VVvu5Ix...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Taking the Metso, the Retro, and the Algo(s): On Nostalgia and Video Games
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Our final blog post before the summer is live! In this blog post, volunteer students Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen, and Julius Soini share their experiences and reflections on helping to organize the Festival of Game Culture, held on 29–31 May 2025 in Tampere, Finland.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen & Julius Soini: Student Volunteers Reflect on the Festival of Game Culture by the CoE Game Culture Studies
Volunteer students, Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen & Julius Soini, helped organize the Festival of Game Culture event held 29-31 May 2025 in Tampere, Finland. In this blog post, they des…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Dr. Mia Consalvo (@miac.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "The future of media studies is game studies" on Thursday 5 June at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Oasis space at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/QT4_m7F...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: The future of media studies is game studies
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
In our latest blog post, Research Manager Tanja Välisalo (@tanjavalisalo.bsky.social) dives into Cartographia Game Jam, a game development event held at the National Archives of Finland in Helsinki in March 2025. Read the full post here: coe-gamecult.org/2025/04/30/t...
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Tanja Välisalo: Game jam based on historical maps
In this blog post, Research Manager Tanja Välisalo discusses “Cartographia Game Jam”, a game development event organized at the National Archives of Finland in March 2025.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
⏰ As a final reminder, you can still register for the Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference until this Friday, 9 May, at 23:59 EEST (UTC+3)! Buy your ticket here: www.eventbrite.fi/e/nordic-dig... The tickets may sell out before the deadline. Conference programme: www.nordicdigra2025.org/nordic-digra...
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Nordic DiGRA 2025: Hope - Envisioning the Future of Game Cultures
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Doctoral Researcher Ville Malinen shares his thoughts in the CoE blog on the E-Gaming Symposium 2025 held in Seinäjoki (Finland), where he gave a presentation and followed the two-day program filled with insights into gaming and research.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Ville Malinen: Steering past esports management and indie games – Reflecting the E-Gaming Symposium 2025
In this blogpost, Doctoral Researcher Ville Malinen discusses his visit to the E-Gaming Symposium 2025 held in Seinäjoki (Finland). In addition to his own presentation, Malinen reflects on the prog…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference programme is now published! There are some audience seats available, register swiftly to secure a seat! Nordic DiGRA 2025 is organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the CoE in Game Culture Studies.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Interested in gender structures in video games? The blog post by Postdoctoral Research Fellow Matilda Ståhl & Associate Professor Fredrik Rusk gives an English summary of their book chapter originally published in Swedish, exploring hegemonic gender structures in Fallout 76 through duoethnography.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article summary: Hegemonic gender structures in change – a duoethnography in the multiplayer game Fallout 76 (Matilda Ståhl & Fredrik Rusk, 2025)
This blog post provides an English summary of a book chapter, originally published in Swedish, that explores hegemonic gender structures in Fallout 76 using duoethnography.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The next Oasis Lunchtime Talk is on “Game as Art: A practical toolkit to identify artistic games” by Alina Potemska on Thursday 3rd of March at 12:00-13:00 EET/ UTC+2. Join us at Oasis space at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/LC0bLvW...
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OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Game as Art - A practical toolkit to identify artistic games
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The 21st annual Tampere Game Research Lab Spring Seminar is just around the corner. The theme this year is Arts and Games. Registration for the event is now open. The event is free, but we have limited space, so sign up now. Hope to see you in Tampere! springseminar.org/2025/03/10/r...
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
What makes a foreign country feel like a second home? In our latest blog post, Doctoral Researcher Aasa Timonen (@rosgakori.bsky.social) shares her experiences as a visiting research fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Aasa Timonen: Researching Warhammer in Manchester Metropolitan University
In this blog post, Doctoral Researcher Aasa Timonen talks about her experiences as a visiting research fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, and how a foreign country can sometimes feel lik…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Ville Kankainen’s doctoral defence on “Hybrid Play Experience and Design in Tabletop Gaming” takes place on Friday 21.2. at 12:00 EET/ UTC+2 at Tampere University & online. The dissertation: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978... Stream: tuni.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page... More info: www.tuni.fi/en/news/vill...
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Ville Kankainen: Networked media environment shapes tabletop gaming experiences – physical–digital interaction affords new meanings for the games | Tamp...
The rekindled debate in traditional and social media over a Finnish all-time-favorite, yet controversial boardgame, Star of Africa (Afrikan tähti), illustrates the multidimensional meanings of tabl...
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
In this article summary, Markku Reunanen, Tapani Joelsson, and Petri Saarikoski explore gaming on marginal home computers in 1980s Finland, highlighting user experiences, community support, and the factors behind their decline.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article summary: In Commodore’s Shadow – Gaming on 1980s’ Marginal Home Computers (Markku Reunanen, Tapani Joelsson and Petri Saarikoski, 2024)
This blog post provides an English summary of an article that explores gaming on marginal home computers in 1980s Finland, highlighting user experiences, community support, and the factors behind t…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Adjunct Professor Rami Mähkä writes about ice hockey video game research and player identification in the CoE blog: the games remain popular one decade after another because they are based on virtual versions of real-life hockey teams and players, which are updated annually.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Rami Mähkä: Change on the Fly – Shifting Player Identification in NHL Video Gaming
In this blog text, Adjunct Professor Rami Mähkä writes about ice hockey video game research. The context is explicitly Finnish, even if the perspective, player identification, applies international…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Elina Koskinen’s (@elinako.bsky.social) doctoral defence on “Memorable Player Experiences with Pokémon GO” takes place on Friday 31.1. 12:00 UTC+3 at Tampere University & online. The thesis: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978.... Stream: tuni.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page... More info: www.tuni.fi/en/news/elin...
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Elina Koskinen: Pokémon GO momentarily transformed the atmosphere in Finland – players filled public spaces and chatted with strangers | Tampere univers...
Pokémon GO came out with a bang in 2016. Suddenly streets and parks were full of people hunting “pocket monsters” and chatting freely with each other. Pokémon GO temporarily changed the social atmo...
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The Finnish Player Barometer 2024 has been published! Find the Barometer here (in Finnish, but you can find an English abstract within the publication): trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024...
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Pelaajabarometri 2024 : Seurapelaamisen vastaisku - Trepo
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
In our latest CoE blogpost Ruotsalainen et al. reflect on “Feminist Approaches to Esports Research” workshop organized in November 2024. By reading selected texts, the authors contemplate how feminist studies and understanding the margins should be extended to examining esports as whole.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Maria Ruotsalainen, Tom Legierse, Azul Romo Flores, Finja Walsdorff, Ida Martine Gard Rysjedal & Egil Trasti Rogstad: Reflections on workshop “Feminist a...
In this blog post, Postdoctoral Researcher Maria Ruotsalainen, PhD Research Fellow Tom Legierse, Doctoral Researcher Azul Romo Flores, Media Scholar Finja Walsdorff, Doctoral Researcher Ida Martine…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Riikka Aurava's doctoral defence "Game Jamming in Schools: Affordances of game jam events in general formal education" on Tue 17.12. at Tampere university & online. The thesis: trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024... Stream: tuni.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page... More info: www.tuni.fi/en/news/riik...
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Game Jamming in Schools : Affordances of game jam events in general formal education - Trepo
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Dive into this fascinating new blog post by Doctoral Researcher Mayara Araujo Caetano, who explores tags as a valuable point of entrance to study user animated pornography production using sex game and its points of connections with free porn platforms and its creation and consumption logics.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Mayara Araujo Caetano: Tags and user animated sex game porn
In this blog post, Doctoral Researcher Mayara Araujo Caetano explores tags as a valuable point of entrance to study user animated pornography production using sex game and its points of connections…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Mark your calendar: Festival of Game Culture (29.–31.5.2025, Tampere) is a celebration of games, play and scholarship. This witty, playful, thought-provoking and fun event both summarizes some of the work conducted in the CoE GameCult in 2018-25 and explores the future prospectives for game culture.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The third keynote announcement for the Nordic DiGRA 2025: Dr Velvet Spors www.nordicdigra2025.org/third-keynot... The conference will be organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
2nd keynote announcement for Nordic DiGRA 2025: Professor Kristine Jørgensen www.nordicdigra2025.org/2024/11/08/s... The conference will be organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
The 2025 Spring Seminar "Arts and Games" CfP: springseminar.org/2025-call-fo... ⏰ Abstract submission deadline is 13.12.2024 The seminar is organised on 26-27.3.2025 in Tampere by Tampere University Game Research Lab in collaboration with The CoE in Game Culture Studies and Games As Art Center.
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The fields of arts and games are continuously and progressively intersecting, creating hybrids and cultural frames, mutually influencing each other. This is not new; arts have been using games as s…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
First keynote announcement for Nordic DiGRA 2025: Professor Kishonna Gray: www.nordicdigra2025.org/first-keynot... The conference will be organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
We are happy to share the latest blog post where Postdoctoral Research Fellows Usva Friman and Matilda Ståhl describe their experiences and initial insights gained from studying Nordic esports.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Usva Friman & Matilda Ståhl: ‘If we don’t do it, who will?’ – Researching Nordic Esports
In this blog post, Postdoctoral Research Fellows Usva Friman and Matilda Ståhl describe their experiences and initial insights gained from studying Nordic esports.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
The CoEsports network (coesports.gg/en/) & CoE GameCult are organizing Esport Nexus Jyväskylä in 6.–7.11.2024. The event brings together professionals from both the academic and commercial fields of esports. Full program: coesports.gg/wp-content/u... Register here: tinyurl.com/esportsnexus...
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
New blog post alert! In our brand new blog post, Postdoctoral Researcher Evgenia Amey discusses the interplay between narrative, worldbuilding, and in-game environments, looking at how players can experience, affectively engage with and form emotional attachments to in-game settings and localities.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
Doctoral Researcher Hanne Grasmo (@hannegg.bsky.social) reports in our blog on her course, Larp Design in Theory and Practice. Grasmo delves into how physicality and materiality shaped the play experience and emotions in academic context.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Hanne Grasmo: Tears and Scares – The Bodily Work of Larp Design
In this blogpost, Doctoral Researcher Hanne Grasmo reports from her new university course, Larp Design in Theory and Practice, where the students used their own bodies to role-play serious, impactf…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 09/08/2024
After a refreshing summer break, we are excited to resume our blog activity! Today's post is part of our article summary series, featuring an English summary of an article by Professor Frans Mäyrä (@fransmayra.bsky.social) on demonic imagery in games, originally published in Finnish.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article Summary: Demons and Games – A Short History of Digital Evil Spirits (Frans Mäyrä, 2024)
This blog post is the English summary of an article about the demonic imagery of games, originally published in Finnish.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
The CoE is collaborating with University of Jyväskylä and CoEsports-network in organizing an interdisciplinary esports seminar Understanding Esports Audiences 7.-8.11.2024 in Jyväskylä. Deadline for abstracts: 11.8.2024. More information & submission instructions: www.jyu.fi/en/events/un...
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
We are happy to share the following blog post from Dr. Joleen Blom who shares insights and background on the “Japanilaiset romanssipelit” (Japanese Romance Games) exhibition she curated for The Finnish Museum of Games at Vapriikki.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Joleen Blom: Japanese Romance Games Exhibition
In this blog post, Dr. Joleen Blom shares insights and background on the “Japanilaiset romanssipelit” (Japanese Romance Games) exhibition she curated for The Finnish Museum of Games at Vapriikki.…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 12/06/2024
Our new Doctoral Researcher Valtteri Kauraoja's doctoral thesis focuses on game design structures and the types of engagement they build. In this blog post, he contemplates the concept of empowerment by mapping it out in the context of mechanical game design.
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Valtteri Kauraoja: Identifying Empowerment within Game Design
The concept of empowerment lacks a clearly defined description. While seemingly self-explanatory, the careless use of the term can lead to confusion. The many meanings of empowerment are relevant t…
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
New in our blog: English summary of an article about masculinity and antifeminism discussed on a game culture thread on the Ylilauta imageboard by researchers @merilainen.bsky.social, Jonne Arjoranta & Emilia Lounela. Original publication in Finnish: journal.fi/sukupuolentu...
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Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article summary: Excluded soyboys and spoiled gaming – Masculinity and antifeminism in an Ylilauta gaming culture discussion (Meriläinen, Arjoranta & Lou...
This blog post is the English summary of an article about masculinity and antifeminism dicussed on a game culture thread on the Ylilauta image board, originally published in Finnish.
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