Title: your game is a game if you say so The title of this talk quotes point number two of a thirty five point manifesto on mindful game design by Claudia Molinari-Ivanović of independent game design studio We Are Müesli and has served as both a mantra and a clue to me over the past two years as IContinue reading “Talk by Afrah Shafiq on May 20 at 7 p.m. IST”
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Talk by Zain Memon on 29 October, ‘Story, Mood & Progression – Telling stories through Tabletop games.’
Story, Mood & Progression – Telling stories through Tabletop games. Gaming is the most powerful interactive medium at our disposal, with limitless potential for storytelling. Even as video games are telling increasingly ambitious tales, narrative remains woefully underutilized in board gaming. As a storyteller across mediums, with deep experience in film, VR, and ludology, ZainContinue reading “Talk by Zain Memon on 29 October, ‘Story, Mood & Progression – Telling stories through Tabletop games.’”
DiGRA India Conference 2022
We are currently accepting abstracts for work-in-progress papers until 15th October, 2022. We are happy to announce the return of the DiGRA India Conference for this year! This time the theme is: Videogames, Science Fiction and India. Call For Papers: Following the recent spurt of activity around Indian Science Fiction or Speculative Fiction, a genreContinue reading “DiGRA India Conference 2022”
Talk by Usva Friman on June 20 at 7 p.m. IST (Postponed)
Title: Finnish women players’ gaming and game cultural agency In Finland, 64.2% of women play digital entertainment games, and 43% play them actively, at least once a month. For their doctoral dissertation (University of Turku, 2022), Usva Friman collected interview and online questionnaire material from Finnish adult women who play digital games. The women participatingContinue reading “Talk by Usva Friman on June 20 at 7 p.m. IST (Postponed)”
Talk by Lobna Hassan on Saturday 18 June 2022 @ 7 p.m. Indian time
Title: Game Accessibility: Where We Are & Where We Need to Go! There are approximately 2.5-3 billion gamers in the world, i.e., half the world’s population – excluding users of gamification, serious games, educational games, etc., who might not all play games. Of these , at least a third experiences a disability, or a bodyContinue reading “Talk by Lobna Hassan on Saturday 18 June 2022 @ 7 p.m. Indian time”
Talk by Dr Emil Lundedal Hammar: Cultural Memory & Digital Games: Hegemonic Pasts Through Production, Games, and Play
7th May 2022, 19:00 Indian Standard Time Title: Cultural Memory & Digital Games: Hegemonic Pasts Through Production, Games, and Play. AbstractThis presentation investigates the relation between digital games and common understandings of the past, which people experience through popular culture, formally called ‘cultural memory’. The presentation highlights the relation between cultural memory and digital gamesContinue reading “Talk by Dr Emil Lundedal Hammar: Cultural Memory & Digital Games: Hegemonic Pasts Through Production, Games, and Play”
Sampad Banerjee on “Where can I get that game?” Preservation of Videogames and Why it Matters
TOPIC TITLE: “Where can I get that game?” Preservation of Videogames and Why it Matters Time: 16th April 7 p.m Indian Standard Time Abstract: This talk aims to focus on the aspect of the preservation of video games in current years. While other forms of media are actively curated and taken care of by theContinue reading “Sampad Banerjee on “Where can I get that game?” Preservation of Videogames and Why it Matters”
Talk by Asha Chidambaram, 26 March 2022 at 7 pm IST:
Title: THE DYNAMICS OF MALAYALI MASS GAMING IN THE CARNIVALESQUE BATTLEGROUNDS OF PUBG AND FREEFIRE This paper looks at how video gaming in Kerala has evolved since the 1990sand how online mobile multiplayer games have ushered in new a new culture of mass gaming and gaming related activities in the 21st century Malayali mediascape. TheContinue reading “Talk by Asha Chidambaram, 26 March 2022 at 7 pm IST:”
Talk by Mathias Fuchs on ‘Animals and Play’ on 6th March 2022
Abstract:The aim of the lecture is to discuss the possibility, modes and historical perspectives on animal play. Starting with Herbert Spencer who refers to “a German writer, whose name I forgot” (Friedrich Schiller), philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists and ethologist (Verhaltensforscher in German) speculated about the question whether animals play, which animals play, why animals play,Continue reading “Talk by Mathias Fuchs on ‘Animals and Play’ on 6th March 2022”
Worshipping Banashur: Far Cry 4 and the Ubisoft Version of Hinduism and Buddhism
Date: 16th January 2022 Time: 7 p.m IST Abstract: In Far Cry 4, on the cover art of the game, the principal antagonist sits on the broken statue of a four-armed god placing his foot over the head of the decapitated statue. In the game, the player-protagonist often travels through a landscape that is filledContinue reading “Worshipping Banashur: Far Cry 4 and the Ubisoft Version of Hinduism and Buddhism”
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