Category Archives: Events

Game History Annual Symposium – Montreal, June 27-28, 2014

Pleased to announce the upcoming Game History Annual Symposium to be held June 27 & 28, 2014 at Grande Bibliothèque, Montréal, 475, boulevard De Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, QC. The 2014 edition of the symposium features panels on the many communities and social practices that define the history of video games: the role of engineers, gameContinue reading “Game History Annual Symposium – Montreal, June 27-28, 2014”

History of Games International Conference: working with, building, and telling history

Program is up and it looks great. June 21-23, 2013. Montreal, QC. Bad timing for me personally (daughter’s high school graduation and kazillion affiliated events start the 21st) but will do my best to get to as many panels as possible – at least it’s local!!  The International Conference on the History of Game is the firstContinue reading “History of Games International Conference: working with, building, and telling history”

RPG: Research. Play. Games. An Open Talk @ UNB Fredericton

I am giving an open talk tomorrow at my old academic stomping grounds tomorrow. If you are in the area, drop by! RPG: Research. Play. Games. Adventure and Methods in Digital Game Research Fredericton, NB – The Media Arts & Cultures program and the Dept of Culture and Language Studies at the University of New BrunswickContinue reading “RPG: Research. Play. Games. An Open Talk @ UNB Fredericton”

The time has (finally) come: The PhD defense

It has been just shy of 5 years since I began my PhD, and it’s been almost 8 years since I have been working on understanding that weird ‘something’ that I felt between myself as a player and Velixious, my avatar from way back when. Over the years, the research has shifted from a questContinue reading “The time has (finally) come: The PhD defense”

Online Video Game Conference Closing 5à7 @ TAG

The closing conference cocktail was put on by TAG at Concordia University. An intimate 5à7  (actually, was a 4à8!) held in the open lobby space of the 11th floor of the EV building where  Hexagram and Tag are housed. With two walls consisting of floor to ceiling windows opening on to  a large terrace, theContinue reading “Online Video Game Conference Closing 5à7 @ TAG”

Kinephanos Issue 1

We are proud to announce that the first issue – Digital Imageries : Culture and Reception edited by Marc Joly-Corcoran et Martin Picard is online at http://www.kinephanos.ca/.  Also – In order to unveil its online publication, you are cordially invited to the official launch of the first issue of the journal Kinephanos, “Digital Imageries : culture andContinue reading “Kinephanos Issue 1”

Technoculture, Art and Games – Biennale de Montréal Event(s)

TAG will be a part of this year’s Biennale Montréal – Culture Libre/Open Culture . Check out the events below! By Lynn Hughes et Bart Simon. Between May 1st and 17th, the public is invited to look in on, or join in with, the TAG group’s activities. The Technoculture Art and Games group is madeContinue reading “Technoculture, Art and Games – Biennale de Montréal Event(s)”

Technoculture, Art and Games Initiave (TAG) Open House Tomorrow

From the group at TAG (bits and pieces of gameCODE + fresh new members and initiatives): Come to Hexagram – Concordia this Friday for the AbTeC – TAG – Interstices Labs Open House! Who: The Technoculture, Art and Games initiative, along with the Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC) and Interstices Research Groups What: an openContinue reading “Technoculture, Art and Games Initiave (TAG) Open House Tomorrow”