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Program<\/a><\/td>About the venue<\/a><\/td>How to get there<\/a><\/td>Accomodation<\/a><\/td>Inclusivity Statement<\/a><\/td>Conference proceedings<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

About the Conference<\/h3>\n
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The IT University of Copenhagen welcomes you to a four-day conference dedicated to the analysis of games.<\/p>\n

The conference will take place from April 20th-24th at the IT University of Copenhagen. Submissions for this conference is closed, but you are welcome to attend the conference as audience. Contact the conference organizers at bakk@itu.dk <\/a>for more information. Please find the conference program below, and more information about the venue below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Full Program<\/h3>\t\t\t
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Wednesday the 20. of April (Online track)<\/h3>\t\t\t
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11.00-11.10<\/td>\nOnline Conference opens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 1 – Chairs: Miruna Vozaru and Mike Debus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.10-11.35<\/td>\nABSTRACT PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

It Takes Two to Tandem: Tandem Analysis as a Novel Method for the Critical Analysis of Games<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Rory Summerley <\/em>(Falmouth University)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11.35-12.00<\/td>\nABSTRACT PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Ludomythologies: Using mythanalysis to analyse the structures and themes of games<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

V\u00edctor Navarro-Remesal & Antonio Jos\u00e9 Planells <\/em>(Pompeu Fabra University)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12.00-13.00<\/td>\nLUNCH<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 2 – Chairs: Miruna Vozaru and Mike Debus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.00-13.25<\/td>\nABSTRACT PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Platforms and Texts, Rules and Play: Teaching game design and game analysis<\/a>
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Bruno De Paul & Diane Carr <\/em>(UCL IOE, University of London)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

13.25-13.50<\/td>\nABSTRACT PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Unplayable: Why Games Can\u2019t and Won\u2019t be Played<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Ryan Banfi <\/em>(New York University)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

13.50-14.10<\/td>\nCOFFEE BREAK<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 3 – Chairs: Miruna Vozaru and Mike Debus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.10-14.35<\/td>\nABSTRACT PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Attract Mode: Analyzing the Ideological Game Apparatus<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Matthew Thomas Payne <\/em>(University of Notre Dame)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

14.35-15.30<\/td>\nGAME STUDIES ARTICLE PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Sex and the City: A Sonic Analysis of Sex Work in Watch_Dogs 2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Lyne Dwyer <\/em>(Concordia University)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Thursday the 21. of April (AUD 4)<\/h3>\t\t\t
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Live-streamed on Zoom
\nMeeting ID: 694 7785 3291
\nPasscode: GAP22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09.00-09.30<\/td>\nCoffee and registration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09.30-10.00<\/td>\nOpening remarks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 4 – Chair: Pawel Grabarczyk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.00-10.55<\/td>\nGAME STUDIES ARTICLE PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

\u201cDeathloop\u201d: the Meta(modern) Immersive Simulation Game<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Hans-Joachim Backe <\/em>(IT University of Copenhagen)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10.55-11.05<\/td>\nCOFFEE BREAK<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 5 – Chair: Jonne Arjoranta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.05-12.00<\/td>\nGAME STUDIES ARTICLE PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

How to Interpret Digital Games? A Hermeneutic Guide in Ten Points, With References and Bibliography<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Micha\u0142 K\u0142osi\u0144ski <\/em>(University of Silesia)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12.00-13.00<\/td>\nLUNCH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 6 – Chair: Tomasz Majkowski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.00-13.45<\/td>\nFULL PAPER PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Retrospective on Teaching Game Analysis for Games Engineering Students<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Linda Rudolph, Daniel Dyrda, David A. Plecher & Gudrun Klinker <\/em>(Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

13.45-14.10<\/td>\nABSTRACT PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Towards Reproducibility in Game Analysis: Some Reflections on Study Design and Methodology<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Leon Y. Xiao <\/em>(IT University of Copenhagen)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

14.10-14.30<\/td>\nCOFFEE BREAK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 7 – Chair: Ida J\u00f8rgensen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.30-16.00<\/td>\nPanel: Games in the Classroom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Zagal, <\/em>(University of Utah)
\nThorkild Hangh\u00f8j <\/em>(Aalborg University)
\nLise M\u00f8ller <\/em>(University College Copenhagen)
\nCharlotte L\u00e6rke Weitze <\/em>(Digital and Creative Learning Lab)
\nJari Due Jessen <\/em>(LIFE Foundation)<\/p>\n

Moderator: Miruna Vozaru<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Friday the 22. of April (AUD 4)<\/h3>\t\t\t
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Live-streamed on Zoom
\nMeeting ID: 694 7785 3291
\nPasscode: GAP22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09.30-10.00<\/td>\nCoffee and registration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 8 – Chair: Nina Houe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.00-10.55<\/td>\nGAME STUDIES ARTICLE PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Videogames and the Technicity of Ideology: The Case for Critique<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Justin Keever <\/em>(University of California)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10.55-11.05<\/td>\nCOFFEE BREAK<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 9 – Chair: Alexandra Prokopek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.05-11.30<\/td>\nABSTRACT PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Bringing the economy into the cybermedia model: Steps towards a Critical-Materialist Game Analysis<\/a>
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Emil Hammar & Holger P\u00f6tzch <\/em>(Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies at Tampere University and Royal Danish
\nAcademy of Fine Arts, UiT The Arctic University of Norway)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11.30-11.55<\/td>\nABSTRACT PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s (Not) Play Research: Analysing the Fluid Games<\/a>
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Nele Van de Mosselaer <\/em>(University of Antwerp)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12.00-13.00<\/td>\nLUNCH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.00<\/td>\nCONFERENCE DINNER<\/strong>
\nAdress: Bazaar <\/em>Dronningens Tv\u00e6rgade 21, 1302 K\u00f8benhavn K.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Saturday the 23. of April (AUD 0)<\/h3>\t\t\t

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Live-streamed on Zoom
\nMeeting ID: 694 7785 3291
\nPasscode: GAP22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09.30-10.00<\/td>\nCoffee and registration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 10 – Chair: Veli-Matti Karhulathi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.00-10.55<\/td>\nGAME STUDIES ARTICLE PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Through the Ludic-Glass. How to Make Sense of Video Games as Algorithmic Spectacles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sonia Fizek <\/em>(Cologne University of Applied Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10.55-11.05<\/td>\nCOFFEE BREAK<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 11 – Chair: Joleen Blom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.05-12.00<\/td>\nGAME STUDIES ARTICLE PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

The Digital Game Analysis Protocol (DiGAP): Introducing a Guide for Reflexive and Transparent Game Analyses<\/a>
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Rowan Daneels, Maarten Denoo, Alexander Vandewalle & Bruno Dupont, Steven Malliet <\/em>(KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, Ghent University & LUCA School of Arts)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12.00-13.00<\/td>\nLUNCH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 12 – Chair: Ida J\u00f8rgensen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.00-13.45<\/td>\nFULL PAPER PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

From Analysis to Systemic Modelisation of Games: The Equilibrium Gameplay Loop<\/a>
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Laureline Chiapello & Ioana Dumitrache <\/em>(Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Chicoutimi)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

13.45-14.05<\/td>\nCOFFEE BREAK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSession 13 – Chair: Espen Aarseth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.05-14.30<\/td>\nABSTRACT PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Unloading \u2018truc(s)\u2019s meanings: poiesis and pragmatics of a creative shell word<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Laura Goudet & H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Sellier <\/em>(Universit\u00e9 Rouen-Normandie & The Seed Crew)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

14.30-14.55<\/td>\nABSTRACT PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

Cuteness and the Popular Aesthetics of Videogames <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

christoper Lukman <\/em>(Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

14.55-15.15<\/td>\nClosing remarks and farewell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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About the Venue<\/h3>\n
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The conferences will be held at the IT University of Copenhagen (ITU). Established in 1999, the IT University is the youngest university in Denmark, and focuses on inter-disciplinary research on information technologies. Approximately 2600 students are currently enrolled in one of the university\u2019s nine different educational bachelor or master programs. The IT University is located next to the faculty of Humanities of University of Copenhagen, The Danish Broadcasting Company in the heart of the developing city area of \u00d8restad. The university resides in an award-winning building from 2004, designed by internationally renowned Henning Larsen Architects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

How to get here<\/h3>\n
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Copenhagen is easy to reach by air. Copenhagen airport is the main hub and largest airport in Scandinavia, with connections to destinations around the world. Upon arrival, the metro (line M2) takes you to central Copenhagen in only 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

The University is located at Rued Langgaards Vej 7 See location on Google Maps)<\/a><\/p>\n

From central Copenhagen, the IT University is easily reached by metro (line M1). Get off at \u201cDR Byen\u201d station where you will find the IT University after a 5-minute walk along Emil Holms canal. Please find directions here.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you wish to go directly to ITU from the airport, take the metro from the airport, then get of on \u201cChristianshavn\u201d station, and change to line M1 (departs from the other side of the platform). Get of after two stops at \u201cDR Byen\u201d station and walk along Emil Holms canal to the University. Please find directions here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Alternatively take the regional train from CPH airport towards the central station and get of after one stop at station \"\u00d8restad\" and change to the metro towards Vanl\u00f8se. Get off at station \"DR Byen\" which is three stops from \"\u00d8restad station\". <\/p>\n

Note that tickets for the Metro can be bought at vending machines at the station, but not in the train.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Accomodation<\/h3>\n
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Copenhagen offers many possibilities for accommodation for different budgets. Please find the below list of hotels that located close to, or in direct connection (by metro) to the venue:<\/p>\n