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Come Wander(bar) With Me

Posted by mi

This past month, I presented my in-progress doctoral research at the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) annual conference. My dissertation explores the communities of maintenance surrounding the Super NES console and its software library—primarily through the investigation of unauthorised technologies, practices, and industries that have emerged following its release.
My doctoral work is still in its early stages, but I was excited to show off some of the methods I have used to compare fan retranslations …

GAMERella Podcast #05

Posted by Gina

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 featured interviews with a selection of alternative game jam founders and organizers from around the world. These 60-minute recorded conversations presented …

DiGRA 2022 Review

Posted by zacdracek

Last weekend, July 7th-11th, the global community of game studies researchers gathered both in-person and online for the 2022 Digital Games and Research Association (DiGRA) annual conference. While originally slated to be in Guadalajara, Mexico, the conference had to be relocated due to complications stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic, eventually finding a welcoming host for the global event at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Over the course of the 5-day weekend conference, DiGRA hosted …

GAMERELLA PODCAST #04

Posted by Gina

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 will …

GAMERella Podcast #03

Posted by Gina

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 will …

Solar Game (Boy) Jam

Aug 26, 2022

Posted by mi

As part of the Milieux Solar Media Project and in collaboration with TAG, Michael Iantorno and Alex Custodio are organizing a series of workshops this summer, culminating in a day-long Solar Game Boy Game Jam on August 26. The most up-to-date details can be found on the Solar Media website: https://www.solar-media.net/
All participants are welcome, no matter your level of experience with circuits, hardware hacking, or game design! To offer the tools to experiment with prototyping, …