Programme at a glance: programme and author index
replaying.jp sessions (2013-2018)
Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies
Conference Reception on Aug. 10th at Shozan Resort
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Conference theme:
Japanese Games: Past, Present and Future
Since 2012, the Replaying Japan conference series hosted researchers from various fields conducting research on “Japanese Game”. However, for the upcoming edition of the conference, we would like to address a fundamental question.
What are “Japanese games”?
For example, when we talk about our first play experience of “Super Mario Bros.” or “Pokémon” with researchers all over the world, what we mention is a mysterious “shared experience” rather than the “Japaneseness” of these games.
In other words, these games have surpassed domestic circumstances and cultural differences to deliver common surprises and excitement to players all over the world. This universal nature can be said to be the specificity of games as media.
In this conference held in Kyoto this summer, let us again re-think the past and present of “Japanese Game” and examine “Japanese games” and the future of research on the subject.
Organizers
Main Organizer
Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies
Co-Organizers:
University of Alberta
Leipzig University
Bath Spa University
Seijoh University
DiGRA Japan
Conference Co-Chairs
Akinori NAKAMURA, Ritsumeikan UniversityMartin ROTH, Leipzig UniversityMartin PICARD, Leipzig UniversityMitsuyuki INABA, Ritsumeikan UniversityJames NEWMAN, Bath Spa UniversityGeoffrey ROCKWELL, University of AlbertaRachael HUTCHINSON, University of DelawareProgramme Committee
Keiji AMANO (Programme Committee Chair), Seijoh UniversityShuji WATANABE (Local Commitee Chair), Ritsumeikan UniversityHiroshi YOSHIDA, The University of TokyoKoichi HOSOI, Ritsumeikan UniversityJérémie PELLETIER-GAGNON, University of AlbertaTsugumi (Mimi) OKABE, University of AlbertaKazufumi FUKUDA, Ritsumeikan UniversityAkito INOUE, Ritsumeikan UniversityMuneyuki Takahashi, Ritsumeikan University