
The Games Institute presents the second of a series of "Brown Bag Seminars" on November 27, 2014.
Title: Games for Health

The G.I. Jam is a two-weekend event hosted by The Games Institute and The Playful Pixel. Each of our events are designed to appeal to a wide variety of playful people.

The Games Institute presents the second of a series of "Brown Bag Seminars" on October 30, 2014.
Title: Multisensory Integration: Implications for Immersion in Virtual Environments


Diane Watson, PhD candidate in the department of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo will give this week's talk about Gamification.

The GI Jam is a two-weekend event hosted by The Games Institute and The Playful Pixel. Each of our events are designed to appeal to a wide variety of playful people.

First Person Scholar is Hosting a Pseudo Game Jam!
A fake jam where you make pretend games.
It’s not located anywhere and you don’t have to program anything. FPS is looking for written descriptions of the processes and procedures that make up a game, called procedural poems.

The Games Institute presents the first of a series of "Brown Bag Seminars" on June 26, 2014. Please save the date, as more information about the topic and who will be speaking will be posted soon. Stay tuned for details!

Michael Zyda
University of Southern California
G.I. Jam - Learn, Make, Play
The G.I. Jam is a three-weekend event hosted by The Playful Pixel and the University of Waterloo’s Games Institute. Each of our events are designed to appeal to a wide variety of playful people.
From Points to Play: Using Meaningful Gamification to Make a Difference

Fandom and Fan Studies
The University of Waterloo’s Games Institute as well as the IMMERSe Research Network are proud to host a MetaFandom Unconference on Thursday, September 18th and Friday the 19th. Unconferences are gatherings of interested scholars and experts, where they have informed conversations on a particular topic fandom and fan studies, in this case!
The G.I. Jam is a two-weekend event hosted by The Games Institute and The Playful Pixel. Each of our events are designed to appeal to a wide variety of playful people.
The G.I. Jam is a two-weekend event hosted by The Games Institute and The Playful Pixel. Each of our events are designed to appeal to a wide variety of playful people.