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.
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…
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...
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.
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...
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...
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:
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...
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:
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)
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...
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…
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.
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...
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…
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...
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…
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…
