Program – Replaying Japan 2016

August 15 (Monday)
8:30 – 9:00	Registration @ Leipzig New City Hall (Neues Rathaus)
9:00 – 9:30	Welcome Address Prof. Dr. med. Beate A. Schücking, Rector of Leipzig University Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brieler, City of Leipzig Mr. Masakazu Tachikawa , Director of The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne (The Japan Foundation) (Germany) Martin Roth, Leipzig University – Martin Picard, Leipzig University – Geoffrey Rockwell, University of Alberta – Mitsuyuki Inaba, Ritsumeikan University, Conference Co-Chairs @ Leipzig New City Hall (Neues Rathaus)
9:30 – 11:00	Keynote ONE: TORU IWATANI, Tokyo Polytechnic University: The Secrets of the Interest for Playing PAC-MAN Moderator: Koichi Hosoi, Ritsumeikan University @ Leipzig New City Hall (Neues Rathaus)
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
	Room S102	Room M104
11:30 – 13:00	Session 1A – Pac-Man Theory Chair: Akinori Nakamura, Ritsumeikan University Kill Screens, Reverse Flicks and Safe Spaces: Mastering and Breaking Pac-Man James Newman, Bath Spa University Early reception of Pac-Man in Finland Jaakko Suominen, University of Turku Consumption in the afterlife of Pac-Man Paul Martin, University of Nottingham Ningbo China	Session 1B – Industry History/VR Chair: Akito Inoue, Ritsumeikan University Reconsidering Interface and Playability of Japanese Portable Games from 1980s to 2000s: Focusing on Nintendo and Gunpei Yokoi Shunsuke Mukae, Ritsumeikan University An evolutionary process of the Home video game in Japan – The consequence of the development productivity dilemma Fumihiko Ikuine, University of Tsukuba SAN-SHIKI Electric Bow System: Applying Projection VR to “Game Sport” Masasuke Yasumoto, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Takehiro Teraoka, Tokyo University of Technology
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Time
14:00 – 15:30	Keynote TWO: JUNKO OZAWA, Composer and Sound Designer: Game Sound of the 80s – The Marvelous Business of 8bit Moderator: Koichi Hosoi, Ritsumeikan University @ Room S102
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30	Session 2A – Content Analysis Chair: Geoffrey Rockwell, University of Alberta Distancing War: Japanese videogames and WWII Rachael Hutchinson, University of Delaware Disaster Games from Anthropological Aspects- A Study of User Experience of Zettai Zetsumei Toshi Series Saori Amano, Kahono Sakakibara, Kiyotaka Matsunaga, Nanzan University, Keiji Amano, Seijoh University Effects of Video Games Requiring Immediate Response on Emotional Experience Tomohiro Kimura, University of Tokyo	Session 2B – JRPG in Context Chair: Stefan Schubert, Leipzig University JRPG in the context of education Steffi Rehfeld, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg “Very much like any other Japanese RPG you’ve ever played”: Text Analyzing 22 Years of JRPG Discourse Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon, University of Alberta On Being a Trainer: Pokémon as a Role-Playing Game Johannes Koski, University of Turku
17:30 – 18:00	Coffee Break
18:00 – 19:00	Poster and Game Demo Session @ Moritzbastei How to Retain Players of Strategy Mobile Games? , Wei Wei, University of Alberta Our Activities to Increase the Public Acceptance of Games for Society in Japan, Megumi Aibara, Masakazu Furuichi, Nihon University Analog Gaming Culture in Japan (TRPG and Miniature Wargames Otaku), Philip Lindemer, University of Bonn The Design and Development of Turntable-type User Interface for Data-Browsing: A Case of Video Game Archives, Shinya Saito, Kazufumi Fukuda, Kazutoshi Iida, Ritsumeikan University SAN-SHIKI Electric Bow System: Applying Projection VR to “Game Sport”, Masasuke Yasumoto, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Takehiro Teraoka, Tokyo University of Technology Game Applications of Dynamic and Spatial Connections between Multiple Mobile Devices, Masasuke Yasumoto, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Takehiro Teraoka , Tokyo University of Technology AlexG – Bug Xterminator 1st public demo and feedback gathering, Nathaniel Tan, University of Calgary
19:00 – 21:00	*Conference Reception @ Moritzbastei*

August 16 (Tuesday)
8:30 – 9:00	Registration @Room M103
9:00 – 10:30	Keynote THREE: MASANOBU ENDOH, Tokyo Polytechnic University: The Making of 80’s Japanese Games～ Create World ～- in case of “XEVIOUS” & “the Tower of DRUAGA” – Moderator: Koichi Hosoi, Ritsumeikan University @ Room S102
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee Break
	Room S102	Room M104
10:45 – 12:15	Session 3A – Para-gaming Chair: Hiroshi Yoshida, Ritsumeikan University Representation of Play: Pachinko in Japan Keiji Amano, Seijoh University, Geoffrey Rockwell, University of Alberta Playing opera: The influence of European music traditions on the Japanese videogame “Final Fantasy VI” Cäcilia Sauer, Leipzig University Pac Man Fever. The Musical Legacy of 1980s Japanese Video Games Melanie Fritsch, University of Bayreuth	Session 3B – Educational perspectives Chair: Sonja Ganguin, Leipzig University Game Design Combined with Science Workshop for Increasing Motivation in Studying Science in Children Sara Hojjat, Chiaki Ikemoto, Tomoyuki Sowa, Kobe Design University Expanded Motivational Study with Language and Culture Education Game Akiko Sharp, Nathaniel Tan, University of Calgary, Martin Roth, Svenja Schmitt, Leipzig University Game Applications of Dynamic and Spatial Connections between Multiple Mobile Devices Masasuke Yasumoto, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Takehiro Teraoka , Tokyo University of Technology
12:15 – 13:15	Lunch Time
13:15 – 14:15 14:15 – 15:15	Keynote FOUR: MINAKO O’HAGAN, Dublin City University: Beyond All Your Base Are Belong To Us: The art of turning 花鳥風月 into Painkiller or Osaka dialect into Welsh accent Focus Session: “Working in the Game Industry”, Daniel Finck, Christoph Neubauer Moderator : Martin Roth, Leipzig University @ Room S102
15:15 – 15:45	Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:15	Session 4A – Opinions and Discourses Chair: Fabian Schäfer, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg Opinions and Opinion Leaders in the Japanese Discourse on the Effects of Video Games Florian M. Kaiser, Goethe-University Frankfurt Regional Game Studies—with a Chinese Example Bjarke Liboriussen, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Exploratory Studies on the Sentiment of the Globalization in Game Studios: Comparative Studies on Indies Studios from Singapore, Japan, North America and Europe Akinori Nakamura, Ritsumeikan University	Session 4B – History/Preservation Chair: Martin Picard, Leipzig University A study of the “oral history” collection and publication of an old arcade game Yoshihiro Kishimoto, Tokyo University of Technology Proposal and Validation of the Data Model of Video Game Database Kazufumi Fukuda, Akito Inoue, Koichi Hosoi, Ritsumeikan University The Japanese origins of indie games: Cave Story and La-Mulana Maria B. Garda, Paweł Grabarczyk, University of Łódź
17:15 – 17:30	Coffee Break
	Room M102	Room M104
17:30 – 18:30	Short Paper Session A Chair: Mitsuyuki Inaba, Ritsumeikan University The Pit of Panga: Super Mario Maker and Kaizo game design James Newman, Bath Spa University Mainstreaming Kaizo Nathan Altice, Independent scholar	Short Paper Session B Chair: Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon, University of Alberta Free Love: Japanese Women’s Games, Fan Translations, Gendered Otaku and Game Cultures and the Politics of Game Localization Sarah Christina Ganzon, Concordia University “Character AI” program practice example in the beginner-friendly game production education Seiki Okude, Ritsumeikan University Awakening of the game elements that lurk in the story Shosaku Takeda, Ritsumeikan University
18:30 – 20:00	Live Pac-Man Experience (Jaakko Suominen, Johannes Koski, Usva Friman)@ Room S102

August 17 (Wednesday)
8:30 – 9:00	Registration @Room M103
	Room S102	Room M104
9:00 – 10:30	Session 5A – Japan-West/Intercultural Chair: Benjamin Bigl, Leipzig University The Aesthetics of Bad Translation: The Codification of a “Japanese Gamic Experience” by way of the language barrier Tomás Grau de Pablos, Autonomous University of Barcelona Distinctive difference game titles between Japanese context and English context Akito Inoue, Kazufumi Fukuda, Ritsumeikan University Research on Serious-Game Design for Inter Cultural Understanding mediated by 3D Metaverse Juhyung Shin, Yan Jiao, Yehang Jiang, Mitsuyuki Inaba, Ritsumeikan University	Session 5B – Cultural/Global Context Chair: Shuji Watanabe, Ritsumeikan University Changing Imagery of Gaming and the Emergence of Re-playable Lives: Reflections of Gaming Practices across Japanese Pop-Cultural Media Selen Çalik, Kyoto Seika University Umineko no naku koro ni: Reading Japanese novel games in their cultural context, from information society to urban consumption Ernest dit Alban Edmond, Concordia University, Paris Saint-Denis Construction of Female Corporeality in Rune Factory Frontier – Patterns of a Local and Global Discourse about the Female Body Sebastian Sabas, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30	Session 6A – Industry criticism Chair: Kazufumi Fukuda, Ritsumeikan University Developing new business models for content creation in the Chinese game industry Paul Martin, Bjarke Liboriussen, Andrew White, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Harnessing the Power of Persuasion: Strategies towards Increasing Women’s Participation in Japan’s Game Industry Mimi Okabe, Geoffrey Rockwell, University of Alberta Dark Side of the Sun: A controversial examination of the underworld of the Japanese video game industry John Szczepaniak, Freelance Journalist	Session 6B – Game Design/Difficulties Chair: Jan-Noël Thon, University of Tübingen ‘Metroidvania’ As Japanese Take On (Semi‑)Open World Game Design – From early platform games like Metroid and Castelvania to RPGs like Dark Souls and Bloodborne Marc Bonner, University of Cologne Moral Ambiguity and Player Complicity in the “Souls” Series Thorsten Busch, Jason Begy, University of Konstanz & Concordia University A theory that studies diversity for profit called Difficulty Engineering and Intrinsic Difficulty Shuji Watanabe, Ritsumeikan University
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch Time
13:30 – 14:30 14:30 – 14:45	Roundtable: The Future of Japan Game Studies (Moderators: Martin Roth and Martin Picard) Closing Remarks

GAMESCOM

For those of you who would be interested to attend GAMESCOM after the conference, here are some useful information.

GAMESCOM is taking place in Cologne from August 18 to 21. Here is the official website:
http://www.gamescom-cologne.com/gamescom/index-9.php

To buy tickets, follow this link:
http://www.gamescom-cologne.com/gamescom/trade-fair/ticket_2/index.php

Like it’s already mentioned on this website (on the map in Accommodations and directions), Cologne is 4h30 to 5 hours from Leipzig by train.
Information about train tickets is here (and you can have saving fares if you buy your tickets online):
https://www.bahn.com/i/view/GBR/en/