In “CH Ludens – The Podcast”, Arno Görgen and Eugen Pfister are sitting down each month to have a chat with a different member of “Confoederatio Ludens” to talk about how they got here, their research and what they learned about the history of Swiss games culture and game design as part of the project until now. You can also find the full podcast will all episodes here.
Continue reading CH Ludens – The Podcast: …talking with Yannick Rochat (UNIL)
On 13 June 2024, a delegation from the Confoederatio Ludens project visited the Museum of Communication depot in Schwarzenburg.
The aim was to explore the museum’s collections, particularly its computer hardware collections. Previously, we had had opportunities to talk to one of the museum curators, Juri Jaquemet, notably as part of the Pixelvetica preservation project.
Here are some thoughts related to this visit.
Continue reading A visit at the Museum for Communication depotHow did we as scientists become what we are today? Where does our interest in digital games come from? Join us on a short autobiographical journey to the ludic beginnings of the CH LUDENS team.
Continue reading “The Feel of Sweaty Fingers” – The CH LUDENS Team’s First Memories of Digital Games
A project like Confoederatio Ludens requires that we regularly attend conferences in order to present our results, gather constructive feedback, and keep an eye on what our international colleagues are discovering. This year, the annual conference of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) – the main research community in game studies – happened in Seville, Spain, on the site of the universal exposition of 1992. We sent 6 delegates to the conference: Sophie Bémelmans (UNIL), Pierre-Yves Hurel (UNIL), Mela Kocher (ZHdK), Eugen Pfister (HKB), Yannick Rochat (UNIL) and Larissa Wild (ZHdK). Here is an overview of their week.
Continue reading Our delegation in Seville for DiGRA 2023
