Join us in the heart of the Inland Northwest as we explore the design, use, and assessment of simulation and games. The conference venue is just steps away from the downtown area, where you’ll find the Spokane River with its spectacular falls, beautiful Riverfront Park, a host of shopping, dining and outdoor recreation opportunities. For more information, see the About Us page.
Submissions and Registration
Well, we are only a few months out on what is shaping up to be a great ISAGA conference!
Watch this space for details as things are finalized:
- Submissions are now being accepted for review. You can find the details on the submissions page.
- The registration site is not active yet due to a technical glitch. We hope to have this resolved soon.
I look forward to seeing you in the beautiful Inland Northwest this summer,
Elizabeth Murff
ISAGA 2010 Conference Chair
A Classic is Back…
For years it has been out-of-print, from now it is free to download: Gaming: the future’s language; Richard D. Duke; SAGE Publications, 1974; ISBN 0-470-22405-3; reproduced in facsimile. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Thank you, Dick!
“Changing the World Through Meaningful Play”
While this conference’s theme leans towards a design science approach to gaming – “changing existing situations into more preferred ones” – papers from all simulation and gaming approaches are welcome.
Jan Klabbers made the following comment in a recent email: “The related methodological questions have not yet received the wide spread attention they deserve in the gaming profession. For more detailed background reading I would like to refer to the following literature:
- The Magic Circle: Principles of gaming & simulation
- Simulation & Gaming:Volume 34, Number 4, 2003 (The art and science of design)
- Simulation & Gaming: Volume 37, Number 2, 2006 (Artifact assessment versus Theory testing)
I wish you and your team an enjoyable, inspiring and productive road to ISAGA2010.”