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 Glashüttner 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 […]
Curious about the world of dialogue systems? On Friday, April 19, TAG Research Cluster will host a workshop about Descant featuring Owen Hellum! ABOUT DESCANT: Descant (https://omch.tech/descant) is a Unity Dialogue System plugin designed to be easy to pick up and use, but with room for growth and customization. It was developed for a […]
On Friday, April 12th, TAG Research Cluster is organizing an engaging and candid conversation on game history and immersion within the context of Montreal Game Studies, featuring Dr. Carl Therrien from Université de Montréal and Dr. Darren Wershler from Concordia University. This open and freeform discussion will delve into unconventional and exploratory approaches to researching and […]
Join us for an engaging presentation of the SunBlock One solar Minecraft server project, part of the Pico Power residency with TeZ. Bart Simon, Director of Milieux Institute will share with us the research-creation journey of the SunBlock project. This innovative project tackles two crucial challenges in energy transition research: The significant contribution of personal computing […]
The Games Institute ADE Speaker Series Panel: Emerging Voices in Black Game Studies Watch Party Join us at TAG to watch the first of the Games Intitute ADE Speaker Series featuring Dr. Akil Fletcher, Cyan DeVeaux and Dr. Steven Dashiell, in a panel that highlights emerging scholars in Black game studies. Panelists will present recent […]
TAG is happy to invite everyone to a talk with Dr. Daniel Vella (University of Malta) on video game subjectivity and The Promise of Being Otherwise: 'Being Someone Else' . Popular discourses around digital games have long made the claim that games can grant the experience of 'being someone else,' letting us step into the […]
TAG is happy to invite everyone to this live interactive performance by the award-winning theatre and digital arts company ZU-UK! The talent is about to go on air for a live televised interview. But a change encounter with a Make-up artist is about to change the course of their lives forever. This is a 20min […]
