PROGRAM

MORNING:

09:00 Doors open, health pass check, coffee

09:45 Start of live webcast, opening remarks

10:00 Mathieu Triclot (Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard) Understanding games through gesture: a data-driven research program for play studies

10:50 Coffee break

11:10 María Isabel Rivas Ginel (Université de Bourgogne/Universidad de Valladolid) and Jean-Manuel Roy (Université Libre de Bruxelles) From Developers to Gamers… And Localization in Between

12:00 Round table session: how do we get from games to gamers?

with:
Alba Castoldi and Seth Rousset (Error 404 Tattoo Workshop)
Chloé Matz (Xenobits, online)
Cyril Dubois (IGN France)
Marion Carpentier (freelance translator)
Sébastien Vendroux (Grosse Caisse Production)
Lucie Bernard (UB, moderator)

13:00 Lunch break

AFTERNOON:

14:00 Bethan Jones (University of Cardiff), Embodying Identity: Female Gamers and Fan Tattoos

14:40 Maxime Deslongchamps (Université de Montréal), Ethical Criticism of Video Games: A Matter of Psychology

15:20 Megan Bédard (Université de Québec à Montréal), In space, no one can hear you play: the Alien franchise’s fan experience and appropriation

16:00 Closing remarks and announcements

16:10 End webcast

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