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Future and Reality of Gaming (FROG) Conference 2013

September 27, 2013 - September 28, 2013

Sponsored by the MIT Game Lab
Exploring and Reframing Games and Play in Context

Vienna’s annual Games Conference, “Future and Reality of Gaming” (FROG13), offers an open and international platform for leading game studies researchers and scholars, game designers, researchers and scholars from various other fields, education professionals, and gamers from around the world. The main objective of FROG13 is to explore the “Context Matters” in regard to questions of player communities, challenging or problematic play settings, game theory and development, impact of games and cultural facets of play. FROG13 is jointly organized by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, the City of Vienna, wienXtra, the MIT Game Lab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Drexel University and the Danube-University Krems. The Vienna Games Conference is a key element of the “Game-City”, a high profile event bringing together representatives of the games industry, non-profit organizations, academia and the general public to enjoy and discuss the current state of computer games, digital youth cultures and games research. Be a part when the magnificent Vienna Town hall converts into a vibrant playground for players, fans and games researchers.

More information from conference co-chair Konstantin Mitgutsch

Call for Papers
Abstract submission: 25 May 2013
Notification: 20 June 2013
Conference: 27-28 September 2013
Full paper: 21 October 2013
Proceedings Publication: March 2014

Conference website: http://bupp.at/frog.

Details

Start:
September 27, 2013
End:
September 28, 2013
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Organizer

Konstantin Mitgutsch
Email:
k_mitgut@mit.edu
Website:
http://www.kmitgutsch.com

Venue

Vienna City Hall
Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 1
Vienna, 01 52550
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Phone:
+43 1 52550

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