Regular Game Communities: Want to play some games? Want to join a group of active players? Below are groups of game-players that anyone can contact and join! Click the links for more information
Table Top Role Playing Community
Artistic Digital Game Community
Calendar of Upcoming Events (prone to change)
Past Events
Research Talks
Games and Texts, May 2025, Dr. Espen Aarseth, Dr. Frans Mäyrä, Game Publisher Jukka Särkijärvi.
Games and Role-Playing, April 2025, Dr. Candidate Felipe Garcia Soriano, Christopher Wiley Executive Director at the Story School.
Games and Refugees, March 2025, Karla Reyes founder and director of Anima Interactive, Dr. Alina Potemska, Dr. Sonja Gabriel, Dr. Victor Navarro Remesal, Dr. Beatriz Pérez Zapata.
Games and Capitalism, February 2025, Dr. Olli Sotamaa, Dr. Henry Korkeila, Dr. Rainforest Scully-Blaker.
Games and Mental Health, January 2025, Dr. Kay Brauer, Dr. Lauri Lukka, Dr. Candidate Leland Masek.
Games and Colonialism, December 2024, Dr. Souvik Mukherjee, Dr. Mikael Jakobsson, Dr. Zahra Risvi, Dr. Souvik Karr.
Games and the Body, November 2024, Dr. Oz Buruk, Dr. Candidate Ville Uhlgren, MSC Maximilian Brückner.
Games, Play, and Politics, October 2024 Dr. Annika Waern, Dr Candidate Beer Prakken, MSC Jackie Kemchanin Pornpipatsakul.
Games and Child Development, September 2024, Dr. Lillian Masek, Ali Ngom: CEO of Fantasy Frontier, Jil Pullara: Director of Social Skills Program at Brooklyn Game Lab.
Games and Queerness, May 2024, Dr. Candidate Mark Maletska, Nina Mutik: Artlarp Designer.
Design-Philosophy Research Talk, April 2024, Chris Aylott: Senior Game Designer at Northern Star Studios.
Games and Culture, April 2024, Dr. Ian Sturrock, Dr. Tom Apperley, Dr. Joleen Blom, Dr. Jorge Oceja.
Games and Loss, March 2024, Dr. Mikko Meriläinen, Dr. Diego Mejiá-Alandia, MSC Julian Carrera.
Games and Crisis, February 2024, Dr. Rainforest Scully-Blaker, Dr candidate Aska Mayer, MSC Corinna Wüllner.
Games and Identity, January 2024, Dr. Usva Friman, Dr. Matilda Ståhl.
History of Academic Gamers in Tampere, Dec. 2023, Dr. Kati Alha, Dr. Niklas Nylund.
Games and Climate Sustainability, Dec. 2023, Dr. Daniel Fernández Galeote, Dr. Velvet Spors.
Games and Gender, November 2023, Dr candidate Aasa Timonen, Dr candidate Mark Maletska, MA Enni Eerikäinen.
Games and Sexuality, November 2023, Dr. Tuomas Harviainen, Dr candidate Hanne Grasmo.
Games and Fine Art, October 2023, Dr. Jaakko Stenros and Dr Candidate Felipe Garcia Soriano.
Games As Art Center Curation Talk, September 2023, Dr candidate Leland Masek.
Games
We have helped design/produce 32 games since September 2023 in collaboration with 27 designers, below is a brief selection of our originally designed games.
In our Shoes, Stories of Ukrainian Survival. Designed by Leland Masek, Dr. Alina Potemska, Dr. Iuliia laschuk and Doctoral Candidate Mark Maletska, in collaboration with Tampere University and Arts University Bournemouth. Ten-minute serious biographical micro-larp series to educate and inspire empathy in players about experiences had by Ukrainian refugees.
Mind Over Sight: The Fable of a Parent State. Designed by Leland Masek, Dr. Daniel Fernández-Galeote, Zoi Asterataki & Edward Rupper. Five-hour Art-Larp exploring the meaning of parenting in an ideologically indoctrinating environment.
Exquisite Abstract. Designed by Leland Masek, in collaboration with Tampere Universities Spring Seminar 2025 Games and Art. Pervasive Game to be played by 50+ players in a hybrid format primarily on Discord.
OFF: Greenwashing in Action. Designed by Leland Masek, Dr. Daniel Fernández-Galeote, five-part board game satirizes and educating on historical corporate sustainability policies.
Taking Tampere/Battle for Bournemouth. Designed by Leland Masek, in collaboration with Tampere University and Arts University Bournemouth. Pervasive Game to be played by 20+ players over 7-10 days in a hybrid format, taking photographs at historical locations and uploading them on Discord.
On the Other Side: Who We Become After Moving Abroad: Designed by Leland Masek Dr. Daniel Fernández-Galeote, Antonio Pomposini, & Daniel González Cohens. Five-hour Art-Larp exploring the meaning of cultural conflict and removal on identity.
Meta-Meta Conference game: Designed by Leland Masek, in collaboration with Tampere Universities Spring Seminar 2024 Meta. Pervasive Game to be played by 50+ players in a hybrid format primarily on Discord.
