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Monday, May 12, 2014

CHI PLAY 2014 Call for Papers

As previously reported on the IMMERSe website: http://immerse-network.com/news-chi-play-2014-call-for-papers/ & the CHI PLAY website.

About the Conference

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The ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY) is a new international and interdisciplinary conference series (sponsored by ACM SIGCHI) for researchers and professionals across all areas of play, games and human-computer interaction (HCI), we call it: “player-computer interaction”.

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Friday, February 21, 2014

Brian Cullen launches "You are not a Banana"

Brian Cullen is launching You Are Not A Banana, on Steam Greenlight. Although retro, YNB attempts to break with convention by emphasizing the importance of sound in the design of the game's missions/puzzles and by focusing on alternative themes, such as critiquing the art world and retelling personal narratives. 

Brian Cullen was a postdoctoral fellow with the Games Institute and IMMERSe in 2012-2013. You can find more about Brian here.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Chantel Pilon sets a new Waterloo record

Chantel Pilon, UW athelete of the week, set five personal bests in the pentathlon and came away with a new Waterloo record after competing at the SPIRE Division 1 NCAA Invite in Geneva, Ohio. Her total score places Pilon as the second best in the OUA and fifth in the CIS. She also participated in the women’s 4x400m, where the team has the relay time ranked third in the OUA and seventh in the CIS. More details can be found here. 

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Online games designed to teach financial skills to students

Meaghan Daly, president of Forward Vision Games, is utilizing online games to teach financial skills to students. She creates cloud-based financial strategy games geared to teaching concepts such a budgeting, risk management and aspects of personal finance.

“They get to see how they have more financial choices as they make better financial decisions,” Daly said.

Read more about the article here: 

immerse
Monday, November 18, 2013

Call for Applications!

Recruitment Award for Doctoral Candidates in Digital Game Studies at Concordia University, Montreal

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The Centre for Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) invites applications for the TAG-IMMERSe Research Bursary, in support of a Doctorate in Digital Game Studies at Concordia University in Montréal. The bursary is available for a maximum of $15,000 CDN/year for up to three years.