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New minor in Game Studies

Starting in college year 2011-2012, we will be offering a full-fledged Minor in Game Studies. In this minor program, students will follow three compulsory courses, and a choice of one out of two noncompulsory courses, all of which can be found among the courses listed at our courses overview. Students who participate in this minor…

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Debite – boxing ring debate

  From the blog of René Glas: Digital media platform SETUP is hosting a new edition of their Debite boxing ring debate evenings on games and game culture (a partnerprogram of the yearly industry event Festival of Games which takes place April 28 & 29). I’ll be debating with (or against) Dylan Nagel, co-founder of…

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Level 5: Mob Fest – Mobile Gaming Festival @ Mediamatic

  Mediamatic hosted in March 2011 a three day festival about mobile gaming at the Mediamatic Bank (Vijzelstraat 69, Amsterdam), which was the closing event of their impressive Arcade exhibition. Day one and two were hosted by GAP member Michiel de Lange. From the Mediamatic site: March 23rd: Thinking Mobile How can mobile games excel beyond the…

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Seminar: “Elements for an Insect Game Theory”

Jussi Parikka discussed his latest book Insect Media. An Archaeology of Animals and Technology. In this book, Parikka uncovers the insect logic that informs contemporary media technologies and the network society.

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Subsidy awarded to Mobile Learning project

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and ICT Regie have awarded a subsidy to the Center for the Study of Digital Games and Play (GAP) for the research project Mobile Learning. The goal of this project is to improve and evaluate the learning results of mobile applications and games that are developed by 7scenes,…

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Millions invested in Dutch Game Garden

The Utrecht-based foundation Dutch Game Garden has received 4 million Euro from the European Union and local, regional and national governments in the Netherlands. From press release: The contribution ensures Dutch Game Garden is able to continue its mission for the coming five years: to establish a better climate for new companies, create more job…

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Expert Meetings: The Future of Serious Gaming

In March 2011 the STT Netherlands Study Centre for Technology Trends organized two expert meetings with The Future of Serious Games as main topic. Below is one of the presentations by GAP research member Michiel de Lange, which deals with mobile media technology, urban life and playful identities. The Expert Meetings: The Future of Serious Games…

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Utrecht University opens Gamelab

We congratulate our colleagues in Game and Media Technology with the launch of their Gamelab, a joined venture of the Department of Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, and Microsoft Corporation. From Microsoft’s press release (in Dutch): Op dinsdag 1 maart opent Universiteit Utrecht officieel het Gamelab: een plek waar nieuwe games met behulp van geavanceerde technologieën…

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Playing (with) Infographics

From the blog of René Glas: I will present at the upcoming Infographics conference (March 4, 2011). I will be talking about infographics in games, with a focus on different ways information about the state of a game (for example, a charactar’s health) can be communicated to players through infographics within the game’s fictional world….

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Ludotopia II, 24-25 February

Teun Dubbelman will present at the Ludotopia II Conference, The University of Salford, Greater Manchester. This conference on the spatial aspects of computer games is organised by Mathias Fuchs, Espen Aarseth and Stephan Guenzel. From the conference website: “LUDOTOPIA” is the key term and programmatic notion for spatial aspects of computergames. The questions we are…

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