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CfP: IEEE IGIC in Rochester, New York Sept. 7–9, 2012
The conference theme is “Designing for Play” and is hosted by the School of Interactive Games and Media at RIT and the International Center for the History of Electronic Games […]
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Book: Wordplay and the discourse of Video Games
“Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games: Analyzing Words, Design and Play” by Christopher Paul Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture, 2012 http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415893060/ Publisher Description: In this timely new […]
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CfP: Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds 4:3
Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds (ISSN: 1757191X; print on demand and online) is seeking contributions to its 4(3) issue (autumn/winter 2012). Papers from all areas associated with video/computer games […]
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CfP: Virtual Worlds Research Network Conference
The Virtual Worlds Research Network announces its inaugural conference to take place in Edinburgh, UK, May 16-18, 2012. The Virtual Worlds Research Network is an initiative to increase knowledge-sharing among […]
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Conference: 43rd Annual ISAGA Conference – July 2-6, 2012, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
International Simulation and Gaming Association http://www.isaga.info/ is the longest running organisation in the field of simulation and games and its conferences have created a wealth of knowledge and awareness of […]
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Book: Play Reality: How Video Games are Changing Everything by Jayne Gackenbach and Teace Snyder
“As a psychologist who teaches an introduction to video games course here at Grant MacEwan University I have found that potential game designer students were resistant to hearing about the […]
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Job: Full-time tenure-track position in Video Game Studies – University of Montreal
The Department of Art History and Film Studies of the University of Montreal invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in Video Game Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor. […]
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Book: Religions in Play. Games, Rituals, and Virtual Worlds, ed. by Maya Burger and Philippe Bornet
http://www.tvz-verlag.ch/index.php?id=93&tx_commerce_pi1[showUid]=95984&tx_commerce_pi1[catUid]= Often dismissed as “not serious,” the notion of play has nevertheless been at the center of classical theories of religion and ritual (Huizinga, Caillois, Turner, Staal, etc.). What can […]
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CfP: Meaningful Play 2012 – October 18-20, East Lansing MI, USA
Meaningful Play 2012, October 18 – 20, 2012, East Lansing, MI, USA http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu Call for Submissions (Deadline July 16, 2012) Whether designed to entertain or to achieve more “serious” purposes, […]
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DiGRA Call for Conference Hosts – Digital Games Research Conference 2013 – 2014 – 2015
DiGRA Call for Conference Hosts Digital Games Research Conference 2013 – 2014 – 2015 www.digra-old-site.local | www.gamesconference.org The Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) has as a central goal the support […]
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CfP: NASAGA 2012 – Nov 7-10, Columbus Ohio, USA
The call for papers for the NASAGA (North American Simulation and Gaming Association) 2012 conference is out. You can find information and the CFP at http://www.nasaga.org/page/conference-2012.
