The Creation of Game Cultures project had two consortium-wide meetings during fall 2010.
- In 14 October 2010 there was discussion and presentations of the annual Yearbook of Gamestudies, with Yearbook 2010 published recently. The Games as Services research report was introduced, as well as results from Facebook research in the affiliated SoPlay project. In addition, the PhD project on online money gaming by Jani Kinnunen was discussed, as well as the Nordic Larp work by Jaakko Stenros (part of his PhD project). There were paper presentations by the project in IR11 conference, including paper and panel on online fantasy gaming by Frans Mäyrä, and about the digital and physical in games by Saara Toivonen and Olli Sotamaa. From University of Turku, the PhD project on sports gaming by Riikka Turtiainen was discussed, as well as several book projects by Pori digital culture team. The PhD project on rhetorics of games by Tero Pasanen was discussed from Jyväskylä University. New affiliated research projects had received Academy of Finland funding: those by professor Jaakko Suominen and professor Raine Koskimaa, as well as by Senior Researcher Olli Sotamaa. The preliminary results from Player Barometer 2010 survey were presented by Eero Kuronen (JY).
- In 25 November 2010, there was an update discussion about the economics of the project, as well as the funding status of individual researchers. There was planning discussion on 2012 conference, and potentials for collaboration on that. The results from Player Barometer 2010 were further discussed (the research report still unfinished). The main part of the meeting were dedicated to research seminar where the work of four researchers were discussed: those by Jani Kinnunen, Riikka Turtiainen, Tero Pasanen, and Jaakko Stenros. The potential of using more research assistants during 2012 was also discussed.
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