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Games Now! is an open lecture series on game industry trends run by Aalto University. Since 2013, the lecture series has been inviting game industry experts from all over the world to share their insights on what is current in games right now. In the second season of the "Games Now!" Podcast, we introduce our "Further Questions" series. In these episodes, we revisit the lectures of the academic year, diving deeper into topics with questions submitted by our students.
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S2E4 Jordan Magnuson: Videogames Are Poems (Further Questions)
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In the fourth episode of our "Further Questions" series on the Games Now podcast, we engage with Jordan Magnuson, an independent game maker and scholar. In November 2023, Jordan presented a talk titled “Videogames Are Poems,” exploring how video games can transcend traditional symbols to evoke complex emotions and convey deep meanings, akin to poet…
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S2E3 Heidi Rautalahti: Making “Runo” – Journey from History Lessons to Emotional Work (Further Questions)
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In the third episode of our "Further Questions" series on the Games Now! Podcast, we explore the insights of Heidi Rautalahti, a postdoctoral researcher from Aalto University. In November 2023, Heidi delivered a presentation on the emotional labor involved in developing the game Runo. She discussed the complexities of designing a game rooted in ric…
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S2E2 Jussi Kemppainen: Generative AI in Game Development (Further Questions)
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In the second episode of our "Further Questions" series on the Games Now! Podcast, we delve into the insights of Jussi Kemppainen, an industry veteran with expertise in VFX for video and game productions. In November 2023, Jussi explored the integration of generative AI in game development through his project "Echoes of Somewhere," a 2.5D point-and…
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S2E1 Arvi Teikari: Baba is You - What Now? (Further Questions)
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In the first episode of our "Further Questions" series on the Games Now! Podcast, we revisit the November 2023 lecture by Finnish indie developer Arvi Teikari, creator of the acclaimed puzzle game "Baba Is You." In this episode, we delve deeper into indie game development by addressing questions from our students. Arvi shares insights on how he has…
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S1E6 Joonas Laakso: Licensed Games (Looking Back)
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On our sixth episode of GN! Looking Back we talk with Joonas Laakso, a chief people & culture officer at Next Games. In 2015, Joonas took the stage as a production lead at Next Games discussing the process behind their AMC collaboration on The Walking Dead brand. In this episode, we listen a snippet of his 2015 lecture and proceed with reflecting w…
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S1E5 Elina Arponen: Chat Games (Looking Back)
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On our fifth episode of GN! Looking Back we talk with Elina Arponen, a game industry veteran and a serial entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of Quicksave Interactive. In 2017, Elina gave a lecture at Aalto University about making games for chat applications - an exciting new area of games. In this episode, we listen a snippet of her 2017 lecture and …
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S1E4 Kate Edwards: Game Culturalization (Looking Back)
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On our fourth episode of GN! Looking Back we talk with Kate Edwards, a leading game culturalization expert and a former head of IGDA and Global Game Jam. In 2017, Kate gave a lecture at Aalto University about the importance of understanding different cultures while developing new games - not just localizing your content, but making it work within t…
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S1E3 Samuli Jääskeläinen: VR Games (Looking Back)
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On our third episode of GN! Looking Back we talk with Samuli Jääskeläinen, experimental game maker and developer at Varjo. In 2014 Samuli was lecturing at Aalto University about the current status of VR headsets and game development with the VR technologies. In this episode, we listen a snippet of his 2014 lecture and proceed with reflecting what h…
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S1E2 Tatu Laine: Idle Games (Looking Back)
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On our second episode of GN! Looking Back we talk with Tatu Laine, game designer at Futureplay Games. Tatu was lecturing in 2018 at Aalto University about the design of Idle Games. We listen a snippet of his 2018 lecture and proceed with reflecting what has happened between 2018 and 2022. What is Tatu thinking about idle games genre now? How are id…
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S1E1 Julian Togelius: Games & AI (Looking Back)
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In the first episode of GN! Looking Back we talk to Julian Togelius, an Associate Professor at NYU and founder at modl.ai. Julian was lecturing in 2018 at Aalto University about the powers of AI in designing and playing games. We listen a snippet of his 2018 lecture and proceed with reflections on what has happened between 2018 and 2022. What is Ju…
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