The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies
@coegamecult.bsky.social
The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project of the universities of Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä, and is funded by the Academy of Finland.
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...
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Evgenia Amey & Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford: Exploring fanfiction set in the world of The Elder Scrolls
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…
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November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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...
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...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Playing with Asynchronies
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November 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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...
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)
⏰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)
2026 | Call for Papers
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…
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November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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)
⏰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)
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...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Rhythm, Orgasm, & Chrononormativity in Orgasm Simulator & NSFWare
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...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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...
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...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures
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November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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...
Azul Romo Flores will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Learning to E-sport: A Swedish case study of the organization of E-sport education in upper-secondary schools” on Wednesday 29 October at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrGt...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Learning to E-sport
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October 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Azul Romo Flores will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Learning to E-sport: A Swedish case study of the organization of E-sport education in upper-secondary schools” on Wednesday 29 October at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrGt...
Mark Maletska (@ markmaletska.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Why being a Ukrainian game studies scholar is… complicated?” on Thursday 23 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/EBRRynA...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Why being a Ukrainian game studies scholar is… complicated?
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October 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Mark Maletska (@ markmaletska.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Why being a Ukrainian game studies scholar is… complicated?” on Thursday 23 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/EBRRynA...
NEW DATE: Michael Dieter will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures" on Thursday 16 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/Mo8ZUOJ...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures
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October 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
NEW DATE: Michael Dieter will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures" on Thursday 16 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/Mo8ZUOJ...
Michael Dieter will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures" on Thursday 9 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/Mo8ZUOJ...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures
Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures
by Michael Dieter
While media theory and software studies have often conceptualized the interface in broadly aesthetic terms - as medium, relation or ...
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October 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Michael Dieter will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Interface Theory and Critical Technical Cultures" on Thursday 9 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/Mo8ZUOJ...
Bryan Hikari Hartzheim will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Institutions of Play: Mapping Japan’s Indie Game Scene" on Thursday 2 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/IuTUH27...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Institutions of Play: Mapping Japan’s Indie Game Scene
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September 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Bryan Hikari Hartzheim will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Institutions of Play: Mapping Japan’s Indie Game Scene" on Thursday 2 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/IuTUH27...
Professor Nick Webber (@ doktornick.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Remnants of Play" on Wednesday 17 September at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/gdl-hgm...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Remnants of Play
Remnants of Play
by Prof. Nick Webber
In this talk Prof. Nick Webber focuses on his ongoing research around ‘remnants of play’, those things left behind or kept when a play experience ends. The talk ...
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September 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Professor Nick Webber (@ doktornick.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Remnants of Play" on Wednesday 17 September at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/gdl-hgm...
Richy Srirachanikorn (@ srirachanikorn.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Taking the Metso, the Retro, and the Algo(s): On Nostalgia and Video Games" on Thursday 11 September at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/VVvu5Ix...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Taking the Metso, the Retro, and the Algo(s): On Nostalgia and Video Games
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September 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Richy Srirachanikorn (@ srirachanikorn.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Taking the Metso, the Retro, and the Algo(s): On Nostalgia and Video Games" on Thursday 11 September at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/VVvu5Ix...
Our final blog post before the summer is live!
In this blog post, volunteer students Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen, and Julius Soini share their experiences and reflections on helping to organize the Festival of Game Culture, held on 29–31 May 2025 in Tampere, Finland.
In this blog post, volunteer students Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen, and Julius Soini share their experiences and reflections on helping to organize the Festival of Game Culture, held on 29–31 May 2025 in Tampere, Finland.
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen & Julius Soini: Student Volunteers Reflect on the Festival of Game Culture by the CoE Game Culture Studies
Volunteer students, Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen & Julius Soini, helped organize the Festival of Game Culture event held 29-31 May 2025 in Tampere, Finland. In this blog post, they des…
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June 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Our final blog post before the summer is live!
In this blog post, volunteer students Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen, and Julius Soini share their experiences and reflections on helping to organize the Festival of Game Culture, held on 29–31 May 2025 in Tampere, Finland.
In this blog post, volunteer students Nadezhda Gerasimenko, Elia Väätäinen, and Julius Soini share their experiences and reflections on helping to organize the Festival of Game Culture, held on 29–31 May 2025 in Tampere, Finland.
Dr. Mia Consalvo (@miac.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "The future of media studies is game studies" on Thursday 5 June at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Oasis space at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/QT4_m7F...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: The future of media studies is game studies
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June 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Dr. Mia Consalvo (@miac.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "The future of media studies is game studies" on Thursday 5 June at 12:00-13:00 EET. Join us at Oasis space at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/QT4_m7F...
In our latest blog post, Research Manager Tanja Välisalo (@tanjavalisalo.bsky.social) dives into Cartographia Game Jam, a game development event held at the National Archives of Finland in Helsinki in March 2025. Read the full post here: coe-gamecult.org/2025/04/30/t...
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Tanja Välisalo: Game jam based on historical maps
In this blog post, Research Manager Tanja Välisalo discusses “Cartographia Game Jam”, a game development event organized at the National Archives of Finland in March 2025.
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May 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
In our latest blog post, Research Manager Tanja Välisalo (@tanjavalisalo.bsky.social) dives into Cartographia Game Jam, a game development event held at the National Archives of Finland in Helsinki in March 2025. Read the full post here: coe-gamecult.org/2025/04/30/t...
⏰ As a final reminder, you can still register for the Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference until this Friday, 9 May, at 23:59 EEST (UTC+3)!
Buy your ticket here: www.eventbrite.fi/e/nordic-dig... The tickets may sell out before the deadline.
Conference programme: www.nordicdigra2025.org/nordic-digra...
Buy your ticket here: www.eventbrite.fi/e/nordic-dig... The tickets may sell out before the deadline.
Conference programme: www.nordicdigra2025.org/nordic-digra...
Nordic DiGRA 2025 Conference
Nordic DiGRA 2025: Hope - Envisioning the Future of Game Cultures
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May 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
⏰ As a final reminder, you can still register for the Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference until this Friday, 9 May, at 23:59 EEST (UTC+3)!
Buy your ticket here: www.eventbrite.fi/e/nordic-dig... The tickets may sell out before the deadline.
Conference programme: www.nordicdigra2025.org/nordic-digra...
Buy your ticket here: www.eventbrite.fi/e/nordic-dig... The tickets may sell out before the deadline.
Conference programme: www.nordicdigra2025.org/nordic-digra...
Doctoral Researcher Ville Malinen shares his thoughts in the CoE blog on the E-Gaming Symposium 2025 held in Seinäjoki (Finland), where he gave a presentation and followed the two-day program filled with insights into gaming and research.
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Ville Malinen: Steering past esports management and indie games – Reflecting the E-Gaming Symposium 2025
In this blogpost, Doctoral Researcher Ville Malinen discusses his visit to the E-Gaming Symposium 2025 held in Seinäjoki (Finland). In addition to his own presentation, Malinen reflects on the prog…
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May 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Doctoral Researcher Ville Malinen shares his thoughts in the CoE blog on the E-Gaming Symposium 2025 held in Seinäjoki (Finland), where he gave a presentation and followed the two-day program filled with insights into gaming and research.
Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference programme is now published! There are some audience seats available, register swiftly to secure a seat!
Nordic DiGRA 2025 is organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the CoE in Game Culture Studies.
Nordic DiGRA 2025 is organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the CoE in Game Culture Studies.
Nordic DiGRA 2025 Programme
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April 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference programme is now published! There are some audience seats available, register swiftly to secure a seat!
Nordic DiGRA 2025 is organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the CoE in Game Culture Studies.
Nordic DiGRA 2025 is organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the CoE in Game Culture Studies.
Interested in gender structures in video games? The blog post by Postdoctoral Research Fellow Matilda Ståhl & Associate Professor Fredrik Rusk gives an English summary of their book chapter originally published in Swedish, exploring hegemonic gender structures in Fallout 76 through duoethnography.
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article summary: Hegemonic gender structures in change – a duoethnography in the multiplayer game Fallout 76 (Matilda Ståhl & Fredrik Rusk, 2025)
This blog post provides an English summary of a book chapter, originally published in Swedish, that explores hegemonic gender structures in Fallout 76 using duoethnography.
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April 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Interested in gender structures in video games? The blog post by Postdoctoral Research Fellow Matilda Ståhl & Associate Professor Fredrik Rusk gives an English summary of their book chapter originally published in Swedish, exploring hegemonic gender structures in Fallout 76 through duoethnography.
The next Oasis Lunchtime Talk is on “Game as Art: A practical toolkit to identify artistic games” by Alina Potemska on Thursday 3rd of March at 12:00-13:00 EET/ UTC+2. Join us at Oasis space at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/LC0bLvW...
OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Game as Art - A practical toolkit to identify artistic games
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April 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The next Oasis Lunchtime Talk is on “Game as Art: A practical toolkit to identify artistic games” by Alina Potemska on Thursday 3rd of March at 12:00-13:00 EET/ UTC+2. Join us at Oasis space at Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/LC0bLvW...
The 21st annual Tampere Game Research Lab Spring Seminar is just around the corner. The theme this year is Arts and Games. Registration for the event is now open. The event is free, but we have limited space, so sign up now. Hope to see you in Tampere! springseminar.org/2025/03/10/r...
March 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The 21st annual Tampere Game Research Lab Spring Seminar is just around the corner. The theme this year is Arts and Games. Registration for the event is now open. The event is free, but we have limited space, so sign up now. Hope to see you in Tampere! springseminar.org/2025/03/10/r...
What makes a foreign country feel like a second home? In our latest blog post, Doctoral Researcher Aasa Timonen (@rosgakori.bsky.social) shares her experiences as a visiting research fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Aasa Timonen: Researching Warhammer in Manchester Metropolitan University
In this blog post, Doctoral Researcher Aasa Timonen talks about her experiences as a visiting research fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, and how a foreign country can sometimes feel lik…
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March 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
What makes a foreign country feel like a second home? In our latest blog post, Doctoral Researcher Aasa Timonen (@rosgakori.bsky.social) shares her experiences as a visiting research fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Ville Kankainen’s doctoral defence on “Hybrid Play Experience and Design in Tabletop Gaming” takes place on Friday 21.2. at 12:00 EET/ UTC+2 at Tampere University & online. The dissertation: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978... Stream: tuni.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page... More info: www.tuni.fi/en/news/vill...
Ville Kankainen: Networked media environment shapes tabletop gaming experiences – physical–digital interaction affords new meanings for the games | Tamp...
The rekindled debate in traditional and social media over a Finnish all-time-favorite, yet controversial boardgame, Star of Africa (Afrikan tähti), illustrates the multidimensional meanings of tabl...
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February 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Ville Kankainen’s doctoral defence on “Hybrid Play Experience and Design in Tabletop Gaming” takes place on Friday 21.2. at 12:00 EET/ UTC+2 at Tampere University & online. The dissertation: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978... Stream: tuni.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page... More info: www.tuni.fi/en/news/vill...
In this article summary, Markku Reunanen, Tapani Joelsson, and Petri Saarikoski explore gaming on marginal home computers in 1980s Finland, highlighting user experiences, community support, and the factors behind their decline.
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article summary: In Commodore’s Shadow – Gaming on 1980s’ Marginal Home Computers (Markku Reunanen, Tapani Joelsson and Petri Saarikoski, 2024)
This blog post provides an English summary of an article that explores gaming on marginal home computers in 1980s Finland, highlighting user experiences, community support, and the factors behind t…
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February 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In this article summary, Markku Reunanen, Tapani Joelsson, and Petri Saarikoski explore gaming on marginal home computers in 1980s Finland, highlighting user experiences, community support, and the factors behind their decline.