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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 …

by the GameBling team

Jamming over two days in February, five teams of researchers prototyped digital games with the goal of re-thinking and deconstructing slot machine games.
Working with a variety of creative software —including Unity, Twine, VR formats, and audio-based experiences— the jam participants put together an impressive selection of playable game prototypes. Most participants were first time jammers and, by sharing knowledge and collaborating with one another across disciplines, learned to use several game making …