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 Bogost: “Platform Studies: computers and other neglected topics in
game research”
16:20 short break
16:30 Panel discussion: Where are “we” going? And how?
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.
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 of ubiquitous play”
For more details about her talk and bio, see:
http://game.itu.dk/events/mcgonigal.htm
For any enquiries, please contact Gonzalo Frasca at frasca@itu.dk
The lecture series are an event of the Center for Computer Games
Research – game.itu.dk
IT University of Copenhagen
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).
This paper suggests advertisers should experiment with in-game advertising to gain skills that could become vital in the near future. It compiles, arranges and analyzes the existing body of academic and industry knowledge on advertising and product placement in computer game environments. The medium’s characteristics are compared to other channels’ in terms of their attractiveness to marketers, and the business environment is analyzed to offer recommendations on the relative advantages of in-game advertising. The paper also contains a brief historical review of in-game advertising, and descriptions of currently available and emerging advertising formats.