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Game bibliography goes Wiki

By On 15/12/2006 ·

The good people at Digiplay have wikified their game bibliography.
I can’t say that I like the interface much, but I love the BibTex integration and the RSS feed (in good Web 2.0 spirit we show the latest additions on the front page of Game Research).
2074 references entered, and counting.

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Game Research summit at ITU, 6 December

By On 01/12/2006 ·

Playing the Field: An interdisciplinary game researchers’ summit

ITU; Dec. 6th, room: Aud. 3, 2nd floor.

14:00 Edward Castronova: “Why is this talk so boring?”
14:40 Bart Simon: “Digital Gaming and Local Practices of Social Imagination:
A Report from the Montreal GameCODE Project”
15:20 Coffee break, machine in 2D
15:40 Ian [...]

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Second Life: Fad or Future?

By On 27/11/2006 ·

SecondLife Concert 004 – Coulton in Audience, originally uploaded by AiYume.

I wouldn’t know, exactly, but I did utter some words in sequence on national radio (P1 Morgen) this morning on the topic of virtual worlds – check it out.

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Jane McGonigal lectures at ITU, 30 November

By On 27/11/2006 ·

The Center for Computer Games Research (game.itu.dk) is happy to
present:

Jane McGonigal, a world-leading ubiquitous game designer and researcher.
She will lecture at ITU on November 30th (16:15, Auditorium 2)

The title of her presentation is “This Might Be a Game! Pushing the
limits [...]

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Open teaching positions at ITU (mostly for the Danes)

By On 27/11/2006 ·

We have a small series of open ‘external lecturer’ positions at ITU.
Briefly, we’re looking to man the courses Usability, Digital Culture, Social Software: Design and Implementation, and System Architecture.
The job posting is in Danish, but English speakers could apply as well (let me know if you need translation help).

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