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GAMERella Podcast Premiere!

GAMERella is the world’s longest running game jam focusing on supporting aspiring and emerging marginalized game creators and on of TAG’s flagship projects. Our latest initiative is to find similar, alternative game jams, share knowledge, and build a supportive community for the generous, but sometimes overlooked and undervalued organizers.

The first season of The GAMERella Podcast features interviews with a selection of alternative game jam founders and organizers from around the world. These 60-minute recorded conversations …


LEVEL UP with Laura Hall: Unlocking the secrets of puzzle design

Workshop Series: Level Up!
TAG is happy to announce the revival of our free workshop series: LEVEL UP! In this old-now-new series we won’t just be learning foundational skills, but we will discuss the whys and hows of game making. Dive into these events with us to bring your game creation beyond the skills!

Join us on July 8, 2022 to “Level Up” your understanding of puzzle design in game with artist, writer, puzzle-maker, immersive environment and …


[RECAP] THE UNENDING TERRITORY OF IMAGINATION – OONYA KEMPADOO’S ‘WHICH WORLD OF MINE’

Recap originally posted on Milieux. 

“My Guyana world means a coast below sea level.”
Oonya Kempadoo is a citizen of Guyana, Grenada, and England, and a creative writer and novelist, consultant, researcher, and educator. Delineation between these roles and identities is blurred in her lived experience and her work, heavily influenced by these different worlds. In the inaugural session of TAG’s online Global Speaker Series, Rethinking Playfulness, Oonya navigated attendees through a rich examination of her latest …


Ka-Ching x GameBling: Virtual Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion

What is Ka-Ching x GameBling?
During this event, we will screen the Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation documentary (trailer available here), followed by a moderated panel with guest speakers Dr. Sylvia Kairouz (Concordia University) and Alexander Ross (University of Toronto).

Ka-ching! Takes us behind the scenes of slot machines, through interviews with designers, mathematicians, game theorists, anthropologists, but also players themselves. Based in Australia, the documentary illustrates the attractive power of slot machines, as well as the Australian government’s …


[RECAP] RETHINKING PLAYFULNESS SERIES – POORNIMA SEETHARAM

Recap written for Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University.

Poornima Seetharaman’s career has unfolded like a game of toppling dominoes. During her guest talk for Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG)’s Rethinking Playfulness Series, the game designer and founder of Women in Games India recounted the serendipitous events that shaped her life, from a pair of jeans to the support of fellow gamers. For Seetharaman, life works through a ripple effect: small and …


LEVEL UP – Introduction to Game Audio with Brian Schmidt

Workshop Series: Level Up!
TAG is happy to announce the revival of our free workshop series: LEVEL UP! In this old-now-new series we won’t just be learning foundational skills, but we will discuss the whys and hows of game making. Dive into these events with us to bring your game creation beyond the skills!

Join us on May 27, 2022 to “Level Up” your understanding of videogame sound design with longstanding sound designer, teacher, and award winning …