Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) is an interdisciplinary centre for research/ creation in game studies and design, digital culture and interactive art
Forgive me… it has been a few months since my last commentary on a game. Its not for lack of playing. Reflecting on my kids and Minecraft is still ongoing but now I have finished Dishonored. Two and a half times.
The first time I played it straight, the second time I went for low chaos all the way and third time I am playing for high chaos all the way. Its not about experiencing …
For several years I’ve had the pleasure of teaching a class titled Cheating, Games and the Ethics of Play Media to both graduate and undergraduate students. The course examines the role of cheating and ethics in and around videogames. As part of the course, students play a game (we’ve moved from a list of potential games, to Dragon Age, to The Walking Dead), interview other players about their play activities, and finally make a game …
For this week’s 5a7 Symposium Thorsten Busch will be hosting a discussion on ethics and games. As per usual it’s BYOB.
Where: Technoculture, Art, and Games (TAG)/Hex Game Lab, EV 11.425, Corner of Guy and St. Catherine O.
When: Wednesday, November 7, 5pm-7pm
Who: Anyone is welcome, please feel free to bring friends or colleagues who might be interested.
What: Interactive discussion on games and ethics led by Thorsten Busch.
The discussion will be focussed on the following 5 questions.
1. …
This summer Mia Consalvo and I are conducting a study investigating players’ perceptions of ethics and morality in their videogame play. Through semi-structured interviews we’ll explore how players negotiate issues of representation, ethical dilemmas, and morality systems in digital role-playing games.
In particular we’re looking for people who have played some or all of the following videogame series:
Dragon Age
Mass Effect
Fable
Bioshock
Baldur’s Gate
Fallout
The Elder Scrolls
If you would like to volunteer for an interview or find out more please …
Join us this 5-7 to hang out with Asad Chishti, inventor at Chairs and Tables, who will be hanging out around TAG for the next week or so.
Andrew Steeves of Gaspereau Press giving a tour of his Woodtype (Font) Specimen project.
Asad Chishti has been researching through the use of technology (and specific tools such as cameras, audio recorders, computers) what it means to live a full life. At the five-year mark of this study, we’ll …
Careful surveillance & digital wayfaring: intergenerational & more-than-human locative media practices by Larissa Hjorth
In Kyoto, 86 year old Aiko took up Pokemon Go after her husband died. Each day she gets up enthusiastically, pulling on sneakers and hitting the streets in search of pokestops and friendly Pokémon players. In Tokyo, Hajime Ishikawa is a landscape architect who began self-tracking practice with his first GPS purchase in 2000. He has tracked all of his movements ever since. …