Västlägret 2026

The Game Culture summer camp, Västlägret, for ages 9-14 in Borås, Sweden, focuses on analogue play rather than video games. It offers workshops on board games, role-playing, and crafts. The camp, o…

Professor Frans Mäyrä is an explorer of alternative worlds: “Gaming literacy is a core competence for everyone” | Tampere University

Professor Frans Mäyrä has led more than 50 research projects and reshaped the early development of game studies as an academic discipline, both in Tampere and internationally. While he reflects on ...

The Bafta games awards showed me again that honouring art over commerce is a win for all

From mega hit Clair Obscur to the genius Blue Prince, the winners at this year’s event help me refocus on why games really matter

Fair Play Democracy – Press Start to Participate!

Why I’m embracing the latest uncool thing in gaming

‘Unc’ is meant to disparage older players who favour slow-paced shooters and epic narrative games, but the industry should make games for all generations

Serenity Forge (@serenityforge.com)

A statement regarding the removal of DDLC from the Google Play Store:

We’ve gone mad for puzzles. This makes sense – it’s reassuring to have answers in these perplexing times

Our world feels chaotic, confusing and unfair, but puzzles offer clear rules, solvable problems and reward for effort expended, says Foreign Policy Research Institute fellow Joseph de Weck

A Love Letter To 'Girl Games'

Games are doomed by femininity.

My ​quest to ​preserve VHS-​era ​gaming ​culture​, one eBay bid at a time

As physical media makes an unlikely comebac​k​ among younger gamers, the humble VHS emerges as an unexpected archive of gaming’s messy, magical evolution​ that I saw first time around

2026 | Program

Below you will find the program for the 2023 Tampere Spring Seminar. The organizing committee reserves the right to make changes to the program. Tuesday, May 5th 8:30 Registration opens 9:00-9:15 O…