The Acagamic

The Nordic Game Research Network invites PhD can­di­dates in Scandinavia within com­puter game research to par­tic­i­pâté in a PhD sem­i­nar held at Aalborg University in Denmark around June 17–19, 2008. You can get 3 ECTS out of it and they pay travel expenses (econ­omy class & pub­lic trans­porta­tion) and accom­mo­da­tion for you. You need to sub­mit a position [...]

Everybody still search­ing for an excuse of the cul­tural impact or sig­nif­i­cance of games, will be delighted to hear that the guardian site has decided to have a whole week ded­i­cated to press cov­er­age of gam­ing. This spe­cial includes a tech weekly gam­ing related pod­cast, an over-the-top state­ment piece from acclaimed MUD god­fa­ther Richard Bartle (Quote: “they” [...]