Archives par mot-clé : videogames

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Rencontre avec Julien Mailland (Indiana University Media School) autour de son ouvrage “The Game That Never Ends” (Sorbonne Nouvelle)

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Rencontre avec Julien Mailland (Indiana University Media School) autour de son ouvrage The Game That Never Ends (MIT Press, 2024)

Date : 16 décembre 2024 de 18h à 19h30

Lieu : Amphithéâtre BR06 (120 places) à la Sorbonne Nouvelle (site Nation)

Organisé par Alexis Blanchet

Présentation

Julien Mailland est l’auteur d’une étonnante recherche en histoire des jeux vidéo portant sur les questions juridiques traversant ce secteur depuis les débuts de son histoire commerciale. Fort d’un travail sur des sources méconnues et d’une enquête historique menée auprès des acteurs de l’histoire des jeux vidéo, Julien Mailland apporte une lumière nouvelle sur des points aveugles de l’histoire du secteur.

Conférence en français animée par Alexis Blanchet (département Cinéma et Audiovisuel, IRCAV)

L’ouvrage The Game That Never Ends (MIT Press, 2024) est disponible en open edition sur : https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5819/The-Game-That-Never-EndsHow-Lawyers-Shape-the

 

 

 

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Colloque interuniversitaire francophone d’études ludiques – CIFEL (UQAT)

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Colloque interuniversitaire francophone d’études ludiques – CIFEL : “Pouvoir et vulnérabilité”

Dates : 13, 14 et 15 juin 2024

Lieu : Campus de Montréal de l’Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (625 avenue du Président-Kennedy, 8e étage)

Organisé par : Université de Montréal, Concordia, Université du Québec à Montréal et Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

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International conference: “Leisure electronics and the emergence of video games” (University of Lausanne)

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Leisure electronics and the emergence of video games

International conference: “Leisure electronics and the emergence of video games”

2 and 3 May 2024

On-site: in room Amphimax 414 on UNIL Campus, Lausanne, Switzerland
On-line: on Zoom and discord (links to come)

Co-organized by the GameLab UNIL-EPFL and the research project Confoederatio Ludens, with the support of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lausanne

Conference program

DAY 1 – 2 May 2024

08:30 Welcoming and registration – in front of the conference room

09:00 Opening speech – Pierre-Yves Hurel & Sophie Bémelmans

09:30 OPENING KEYNOTE:

Alex Wade (Birmingham City University) – Genealogies of videogame production, consumption and distribution in the English Midlands (Online) – Moderator: Yannick Rochat

10:30 Coffee Break – in front of the conference room

10:45 PANEL 1: Local contexts – Moderator: Guillaume Guenat

  • A. Gabrielyan (Université de Lausanne) and T. Vaillancourt (University of Konstanz / Paris Nanterre) – The intermedial and cultural genealogy of Nu, Pogodi! in the USSR, or why a clone is not just a clone (On-site)
  • R. Seiwald (University of Birmingham) – Happy Birthday, Tetris! Tracing the Game’s History within a Genealogy of Ludic Practices (On-site)
  • M. Conrad (University St. Gallen) – United by Code: The Cultural Impact of BASIC as a Glocalized Coding Language for Gaming Communities in East and West Germany during the 1980s (On-site)

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Call for papers: GAME-ON Conference 2024 (Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul)

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GAME-ON Conference 2024 on Simulation and AI in Computer Games

September 9-11

Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul

Call for papers

The aim of the 25TH annual European GAME-ON® Conference (GAME-ON®’2024) on Simulation and AI in Computer Games, is to bring together researchers and game developers in order to exchange ideas on programming and programming techniques, which will be beneficial to the gaming industry and academia. Secondly it aims to steer young people into this industry by providing how-to tutorials and giving them the opportunity to show their ideas and demos to the gaming industry.

The conference will concentrate mostly on the programming of games, with special emphasis on simulation, AI and fuzzy sets, and physics related computer graphics. Next to that, all of this will be fused in the topic of computer game design in stand-alone and networked games. Software providers will be able to show their latest packages and give hand-on tutorials for the participants.

Companies will also have the opportunity to seek new talent at this unique event.

GAME-ON®’2024 consists of five core tracks (Game Design, Game Play and Game Applications) subdivided into a number of suptopics, which cover, Gaming Methodology, Game Theory, Gamification, Artificial Intelligence and Simulation, Game design linked topics, like 3-D scalability, facial and skeletal animation, 3D in-game animation etc, Mobile Gaming and Gaming Applications such as Serious games and Gamification in different sectors; Organizational issues when implementing games; Designing games for learning; Technologies, tools and platforms for developing games for learning; Games to teach arts, science, or business; Social and collaborative aspects of game-based learning; Multi-modal aspects of game-based learning (e.g. audio, augmented reality, virtual reality, etc); Motivational aspects of game-based learning, Board Games, Deep Learning Evolutionary (Genetic) approaches combined with Deep Learning. Procedural Generation, Real-Time Ray-Tracing (RTRT), Real-Time Path-Tracing (RTPT), Hybrid Rendering and Mesh Shaders. Continuer la lecture de Call for papers: GAME-ON Conference 2024 (Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul) →

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Call for papers : Game-based learning for lifelong learning – ECGBL 2024 (Aarhus University, Denmark)

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ECGBL 2024 – 18th European Conference on Games Based Learning : Mini Track on Game-based learning for lifelong learning

Date : 3-4 October 2024

Place : Aarhus University, Denmark

Deadline for proposals : 13 March 2024

Organized by Nour El Mawas (University of Lorraine, France)

Call for papers

The term Lifelong Learning holds the idea that learning should occur through a person’s lifetime and that it involves formal and informal domains (Cropley and Knapper, 2021). This is also supported by the European Lifelong Learning Initiative, which defines this term as a “continuously supported process which stimulates and empowers individuals to acquire all the knowledge, values, skills and understanding they will require throughout their lifetimes and to apply them with confidence, creativity and enjoyment in all roles, circumstances and environments” (Watson, 2003).

The use of game-based learning in teaching, learning, and training improves learning outcomes and increases learners’ motivation and engagement (Abdul Jabbar and Felicia, 2015). There are 2 different game-based learning methods (Kafai, 2006): instructionism (gameplay-based learning) and constructionism (game design-based learning). In the instructionist approach, learners play a serious game to learn, whereas in the constructionist approach, they learn by designing their own game.

This mini-track will be an opportunity for trainers, teachers and researchers from schools, universities, colleges and companies to share and discuss gameplay-based learning and game design-based learning approaches that enhance lifelong learning. Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

  • The design of games for lifelong learning;
  • Theoretical frameworks and/or practical strategies on how games can be used to enhance lifelong teaching and learning;
  • The assessment of games for lifelong learning perspectives;
  • Learning analytics and educational data mining for lifelong learning games;
  • Adaptivity and personalization in lifelong learning games.

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Séminaire : “Histoires de jeux vidéo en Belgique” (Université de Liège)

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Séminaire : “Histoires de jeux vidéo en Belgique”

Dates : 29 février – 11 mars – 03 avril 2024  (13h)

Lieu : La Grand Poste – plateau central, Quai sur Meuse, 19, 4000 Liège 

Organisé par le Liège Game Lab

Diffusion en direct sur Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/liegegamelab

Inscriptions obligatoires pour faire partie du public (nombre de places limitées à 20)

Présentation

Le Liège Game Lab lance son premier séminaire thématique dédié aux histoires de jeux vidéo en Belgique. 

En tant que laboratoire de recherche sur le jeu vidéo de l’Université de Liège, le Liège Game Lab organise depuis sa fondation des séminaires de recherche centrés sur des thématiques multiples des sciences du jeu, domaine scientifique de nature pluridisciplinaire et brassant de nombreuses problématiques et méthodologies. Dès lors, ces rencontres sont souvent l’occasion d’échanger avec des collègues et invité·es issu·es de traditions thématiques, disciplinaires voire épistémologiques différentes. Continuer la lecture de Séminaire : “Histoires de jeux vidéo en Belgique” (Université de Liège) →

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Conférence : “Fictional Games: How to Discuss Games that Do Not Exist” – Ricardo Fassone (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3)

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Conférence : “Fictional Games – How to Discuss Games that Do Not Exist” – Ricardo Fassone

Date : 20 février 2024 de 16h à 18h

Lieu : salle Athéna, Maison de la Recherche, 4, rue des Irlandais 75005 Paris

Organisé par l’ED Arts et Médias – UFR Arts et Médias

Présentation

Fictional games are games found in works of fiction such as novels, films, or TV series, that were designed specifically as part of those fictional worlds. Games such as Quidditch in the Harry Potter saga or Star Wars’ Holochess are not merely additions to already rich universes, but exist as narrative devices that spark the reader or viewer’s ludic imagination. In the book “Fictional Games. A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play” (Bloomsbury, 2022), we have discussed the relevance, uses, and philosophical implications of nesting games within narratives, and have conducted design analyses on a number of fictional games. In this lecture I will present some of the findings of the book and offer a theory of fictional games as unique objects that are relevant to disciplines such as game studies, the philosophy of fiction, and media studies.

Riccardo Fassone is Associate Professor at the University of Torino, where he teaches History and Theory of Play and Digital Media History. He has worked as a visiting researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology and as a research fellow at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester (NY). He is the author of three books and several chapters and articles on topics such as games and their relation with other media, games and play history, and Italian popular cinema.

La conférence aura lieu en Anglais.

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Call for papers: “Leisure electronics and the emergence of video games: Towards a genealogy of ludic practices and computing artifacts” (University of Lausanne)

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International conference : “Leisure electronics and the emergence of video games: Towards a genealogy of ludic practices and computing artifacts”

Date: 2-3 May 2024

Place: University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Deadline for proposals: 5 January 2024

Organized by the GameLab UNIL-EPFL

Proposals for abstracts should be sent to pierre-yves.hurel[at]unil.ch by 15 January 2024. More information below

Call for papers

Introduction

This interdisciplinary conference invites abstract and panel propositions on the relationship of early video game history and its material and cultural contexts.

Since the early 1980s, a wide range of objects and activities from different cultural, material, and geographical contexts have been subsumed under the term « video games ». These emerged in and from settings such as universities, electronics clubs, amusement arcades, cafés, restaurants, schools and workplaces. The aim of this conference is to look into the origins of video game culture and encourage research into the ludic practices and artifacts that accompanied this unfolding development. To travel these uncharted areas, we must assemble heterogeneous pieces of knowledge on the history of computers and video games, while also digging for past practices related to programming, tinkering and playing. Continuer la lecture de Call for papers: “Leisure electronics and the emergence of video games: Towards a genealogy of ludic practices and computing artifacts” (University of Lausanne) →

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Colloque national : « Programmer un jeu vidéo – Du Basic à L’IA, 40 ans d’évolution » (Conservatoire National du Jeu Vidéo)

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Cinquième colloque national du CNJV : « Programmer un jeu vidéo – Du Basic à L’IA, 40 ans d’évolution »

Date : Samedi 2 décembre 2023

Lieu : Forum des images (2 Rue du cinéma, 75001 Paris, France)

Organisé par le Conservatoire National du Jeu Vidéo

Présentation de l’événement

Après le colloque consacré à l’écriture dans les jeux vidéo, c’est à l’évolution de la programmation que nous allons nous intéresser cette année. Des débuts en Basic, à l’utilisation du langage machine, à la construction de bibliothèque « maison », aux outils génériques, au « no-code » sans parler de l’arrivée de l’IA.…

Comme dans les quatre éditions précédentes (voir les compte-rendus dans cet onglet), trois tables rondes s’intéresseront aux différentes problématiques et seront entrecoupées d’interventions sur des sujets précis (voir plus bas le programme détaillé).

Pour marquer le 40ème anniversaire de la création des premières sociétés françaises : Loriciels, Infogrames, Ere Informatique, Cobrasoft et No man’s land, le colloque se terminera sur une rencontre exceptionnelle avec leurs fondateurs qui pourront partager leur expérience en souvenirs et anecdotes étonnantes.

Le colloque se poursuivra par une soirée “Rétro 83” qui permettra de poursuivre les échanges autour d’un buffet, de découvrir des photos et des documents inédits, de jouer sur les machines de l’époque et retrouver l’ambiance des débuts héroïques de l’industrie française du jeu vidéo.

Merci au Forum des images, merci à nos partenaires habituels, SELL, SNJV, AFJV, et merci au CNC qui, cette année encore soutient cet événement qui rassemble celles et ceux qui s’intéressent à la création des jeux vidéo à un titre ou un autre.

Inscriptions : https://colloque-5-cnjv.eventbrite.fr/

Programme

À partir de 9h – Ouverture des portes / Café

►9h15 – Accueil des participants

►9h20 – Intervention des partenaires de la manifestation

►9h30 – Retour vers le futur : Actualité du Conservatoire national du jeu vidéo

Bertrand Brocard (Président du CNJV)

►9h45 – Intervention #1 – Métiers de la programmation, 40 ans d’évolution

Emmanuel Forsans (AFJV)

►10H15 – Table ronde #1 – Langage informatique et mathématiques ludiques dans le jeu

Modératrice : Alice Dionnet (chercheuse)

  • Pierre Berloquin (ingénieur, auteur, créateur de jeux mathématiques et logiciels ludiques)
  • Yannick Rochat (Game Lab Lausanne)
  • Nathalie Berkman (Responsable en ingénierie pédagogique)
  • Marc Albinet (expert en game-design)

►11h30 – Intervention #2 – Propriété intellectuelle du logiciel : les droits posent question !

Julie Prost (Avocate)

►12h00 – Intervention #3 – Haut bas bas droite gauche select start : tricher n’est pas jouer !

Vinciane Zabban (Maître de Conférences, Université Paris 13)

►12h30 – Pause-Déjeuner libre

►14h00 – Table ronde #2 – Du Basic à l’IA… programmer un jeu vidéo

Modérateur : Pierre Trouvé

  • Christophe de Dinechin (programmeur)
  • Vincent Baillet (ancien directeur de studio Atari/Sony)
  • Laurent Cluzel (concepteur et formateur)
  • Intervenante à confirmer

►15h30 – Intervention #4  – Archéologie du code

Laurent Gontier (artiste associé à la BnF)

►16h00 – Pause

►16h30 – Table ronde #3 : Sauvegarder le code… Enjeux et solutions ?

Modérateur : Mathieu Triclot

  • Jean-Francois Del Nero (Ingénieur – Projet Pauline)
  • Jean-Philippe Humblot, BnF
  • Magalie Vetter  (Présidente SVGA – Swiss Video Game Archivists)
  • Frank Cifaldi  (Video Game History Foundation – en vidéo)

►17h30 – 1983/2023 : Il y a 40 ans naissaient les premiers éditeurs français

Un plateau exceptionnel animé par Raphaël Lucas (rédacteur en chef de Jeu Vidéo magazine) réunira, pour partager leurs souvenirs sur les débuts héroïques :

  • Bruno Bonnell (Infogrames)
  • Laurant Weill (Loriciels)
  • Bertrand Brocard (Cobrasoft)
  • Denis Thébaud (Innelec / No man’s land)
  • Emmanuel Viau (Ere Informatique) et Jean-Michel Blottière (Tilt) témoigneront en vidéo.

►19h00 Conclusion du colloque, invitation à l’action

►19h15 à 22h00 – Soirée “Rétro 83” (à réserver à l’inscription)

Dans un décor rappelant les débuts du jeu vidéo en France, les participants pourront continuer à échanger autour d’un buffet dans une ambiance festive et conviviale en présence des intervenants et des personnalités présentes.

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Call for papers : Replaying Japan 2024 – The 12th International Japan Game Studies Conference (University at Buffalo and The Strong National Museum of Play)

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Replaying Japan 2024 – The 12th International Japan Game Studies Conference

Conference Theme : Preservation, Innovation and New Directions in Japanese Game Studies

Dates : 

  • Monday, August 19 (University at Buffalo, SUNY)
  • Tuesday, August 20 (University at Buffalo, SUNY)
  • Wednesday, August 21 (The Strong National Museum of Play)

Locations : University at Buffalo (SUNY (North Campus) and The Strong National Museum of Play

Call for papers

Are you interested in Japanese game culture? How about exploring the largest collection of Japanese video games at The Strong National Museum of Play? Do you want to be a spectator of an epic Esports Match between the University at Buffalo and Rochester Institute of Technology? Then submit a proposal to the Replaying Japan International Game Studies Conference happening in August 2024!

Since 2012, the Replaying Japan conference has hosted researchers from various fields conducting research on Japanese and Asian game culture. In August 2024, New York State (Western New York) will become a hub for Game Studies scholars as Replaying Japan makes its way to Buffalo, alongside the History of Games Conference and the Video Game Preservation Conference, which will take place at The Strong Museum of Play in Rochester. In celebration of this synergy between cities and conferences, the 12th International Japan Game Studies Conference will be held at The University at Buffalo, SUNY (North Campus) in Buffalo, New York, USA, and in tandem with The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, USA.

With collaborators and/or cosponsors from local and international institutions and organizations, this year’s conference will bring together a wide range of researchers and creators from around the globe to present their work on topics related to the theme of preservation, innovation and new directions in Japanese Game Studies in a post-Covid world. We invite researchers and students to submit paper proposals related to this theme.

We also invite papers on other topics relating to games and game cultures in East Asia and the Global South, digital narratives, artificial intelligence and education from the perspectives of humanities, social sciences, business, or education. We also encourage undergraduate panels (with advisor supervision), posters/demonstration proposals of games or interactive projects related to these themes. For previous approaches related to these topics, see the 2023 program: https://replaying.jp/nagoya-2023-conference-information/

Replaying Japan 2024 will begin in Buffalo, NY, at the University at Buffalo, SUNY (North Campus), then transition to The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY, via coach bus, where there will be a shared, full day of museum tours, presentations, and other exciting events on Wednesday, August 21. We highly recommend that guests who attend Replaying Japan join The Strong and their scheduled special events.

Submission Guidelines

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: Friday, November 17, at 11:59 pm Eastern time

Notification of Acceptance: Friday, December 15, 2023

[Conference Format] The following paper categories are welcome:

  • Full Papers and Panels: Each session will be 90 minutes and will have a moderator. Each Presenter will have up to 20 minutes to present followed by 10 minutes for Q&A. For Panel sessions, we ask that one of the panelists be the moderator of the panel. If your paper is accepted, we will ask you to submit a revised version of your presentation for the Replaying Japan Journal (around 2,000 words).
  • Poster/Demo session: A 90-minute session will be set aside during the event schedule for poster/demonstration proposals of games or interactive projects. The date and time will be communicated to presenters after the program is finalized. Note: Presenters who want to demonstrate innovative work best shown visually rather than submit a written paper should take advantage of our poster/demo session.
  • Lightning Talks: At least one 60-minute session will be secured for Lightning Talks for works in progress. If you have work in progress that you would like to present we will have a Lightning Talk session. Abstracts can be shorter than 500 words. In the session, each Lightning Talk presenter will get 1 minute to talk to a single slide.

All papers must be original. Abstracts must be submitted to replayingjapan@gmail.com as an anonymized abstract in PDF format. The abstract should be no more than 500 words. Figures, tables and references do not count toward the word limit.

Please include your name, affiliation, and email address in the email, but not in the submitted abstract. In addition, please add the title of your presentation/demo in the email when submitting. Information for the submission email (only):

  • Type of submission (poster/demonstration, lightning talk, paper, or panel):
  • Title of submission:
  • Name of author(s):
  • Affiliation(s):
  • Email address(es):

Sessions will be in English, but we will have some interpretation support for most panels as they will be chaired by bilingual speakers of Japanese and English and/or student volunteers.

Accommodations

Information regarding hotels will become available once notifications are sent out. We highly recommend that you plan and book early, as it will be a very busy season in Buffalo in August 2024.

Transportation

Roundtrip Travel between the University at Buffalo and The Strong National Museum of Play will be provided. Conference participants will be given priority as there are limited seats for the coach bus. A sign-up form to secure your spot will also be available when notifications are sent out.

The Prince Takamado Japan Centre Essay Contest

The Prince Takamado Japan Centre (The University of Alberta) will be awarding two essay prizes (2000 words) to the best student presentations on Japanese games. Cash prize amount TBD.

Contact information

This year’s conference is made possible thanks to members, collaborators, organizers and/or cosponsors from the following institutions and organizations:

From the University at Buffalo, SUNY

 

●      Asian Studies Program

●      Asia Research Institute

●      College of Arts and Sciences Events Team

●      Department of Media Study

●      Department of Art

●      Department of Linguistics

●      Department of Computer Science and Engineering

●      Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

●      Level Up

●      Red Jacket

 

  

 

●      The Strong National Museum of Play

●      Rochester Institute of Technology

●      RIT Esports

●      Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies (Ritsumeikan University)

●      Seijoh University

●      Université de l’Ontario français

●      University of Delaware

●      University of Alberta

●      Visit Buffalo

●      Visit Rochester

 

Questions regarding the conference should be directed to Dr. Mimi Okabe (tsugumio@buffalo.edu) with the subject line: Replaying Japan 2024 – xxxx