Falsework studio is an artist-led production company in Los Angeles that treats the game engine as an artistic medium. Founded by Matthew J.X. Doyle and Yuehao Jiang, the studio works with artists to develop original worlds and IP across games, installation, performance, and film, and operates as both a production partner and an incubator for […]
Join TAG on September 29th at 4pm to celebrate the launch of Their System, Our Game, followed by a short presentation and Q+A about the book with the authors. ABOUT THE BOOK: Part history and cultural study, part design document, Their System, Our Game looks at the history of Pathfinder and how it encourages aspiring makers […]
On March 19th, TAG will host a networking event with the  t3rkko game collective. Founded in 2021, t3rkko is a local game collective composed of six developers from diverse professional horizons and backgrounds. Over the past five years, the collective has produced five games and is now preparing to work on their most ambitious project […]
Videogames create worlds. Often, those worlds mirror our own, reproducing certain ideals and values as norm through their narrative, game play, design, etc. This session begins with an invitation to the participants to critically consider those worlds, identifying the key points and elements through which specific videogames circulate political, cultural and social values. How do […]
Join TAG on November 19 for a talk on children's digital play with Sara M. Grimes. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Sara M. Grimes is the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy and a Full Professor in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University. She is the Director and Founder of […]
Join TAG for their Annual General Meeting. This is your chance to meet other TAG members, learn about all of TAG's happenings this year, and to make yourself known to the TAG community! 🗓 October  30, 2025 🕒 4-5 PM 📍TAG LAB EV 11.435
Join Leonardo Abate, Michael Iantorno, and Marc Lajeunesse for a discussion about tabletop roleplaying games. We’ll look at exciting moments in the development of TTRPGs across time and place. Starting with a general overview of how TTRPGs developed in America, we’ll venture across the sea to look at the beautiful TTRPG coastline of Italy where […]
Join the Nostagain Network for the 2025-2026 Annual Kick-off Meeting! This event will be a good opportunity to meet the current members, learn more about nostalgia research and why not get involved in the network's future projects. This event is hybrid and everyone is welcome students, alumni, post docs, researchers, artists, etc. […]
Join TAG on May 9th for a roundtable discussion on Disco Elysium with Dr. Carl Therrien, Dr. Mia Consalvo, NathanaĂ«l Roussy, and Elizabeth Eraña. Dark play, detective stories, and the inner reaches and turmoils of the human mind are all on the table for this discussion! Attendees are encouraged to play Disco Elysium ahead of […]
 Technoculture, Art & Games Research Centre (TAG) is excited to announce the launch of Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch, a new book by Mia Consalvo, Marc Lajeunesse, and Andrei Zanescu. The event will feature a discussion with the authors, moderated by TAG co-director Rilla Khaled. ABOUT THE BOOK: An […]
On October 24th, join TAG for a talk about the emotional landscape of data-driven decision-making in game development with guest speaker Olli Sotamaa. ABOUT THE EVENT: Application of data analytics and other data-driven working methods creates new processes and work cultures in game studios. While data analytics tools are often promised to support rational, […]
Join Visiting Scholar Robert GlashĂĽttner and TAG member Dr. Martin French for a discussion around Pinball. Pinball is an archaic arcade game for some, a technical marvel for others, and a favorite pastime for more and more dedicated players. Little is commonly known about pinball except that it’s made up of big sturdy amusement machines […]