Schedule, Accommodation and Directions

We look forward to welcoming you to Nottingham for Replaying Japan 2018!

Please find the conference booklet available here:

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If you wish to book on the conference dinner please book here: https://shop.thenva.com/products/replaying-japan

DAY ONE: 20 AUGUST 2018
9.00	Welcome
9.30-11:00	PANEL: MUSIC 1 Alex Wade Accelerate Your Mind: The Soundscapes of Pac-Man Timothy Summers The Music of Mother (1989) and the Powerful Aesthetic of Naiveté Martin Picard The media ecology of video game music in Japan (Moderator: James Newman)
11:00-12:30	PANEL: COMPARATIVE STUDIES Aki Nakamura Comparative Case Studies on China’s Pan-Entertainment practices and its adaptation of Japanese entertainment companies Stefan Bruckner Examining Differences in German and Japanese Player Experience: A Grounded Theory Approach Tomás Grau Mukokuseki and ludic traditions: a problematization of the interpretation processes of Japanese videogames (Moderator: Geoffrey Rockwell)
12:30-14:00	LUNCH
14:00-15:30	PANEL: DEVELOPMENT Shuji Watanabe The Design technique to misunderstand as self-creation and self-growth for questions Juhyung Shin, Yehang Jiang, Mitsuyuki Inaba Constructing Multicultural Learning Environment and Collaborative Serious Games in Metaverse (Moderator: Aki Nakamura)
15:30-17:00	PANEL: PLATFORMS Kieran Nolan JAMMA Arcade Platform: Interface Constraints and Aesthetic Affordances Mikhail Fiadotau Digging into the Game Engine: A Selective Archaeology of Hobbyist Game Development in Japan (Moderator: Martin Roth)
17:00	Keynote: Masaya Matsuura

DAY TWO: 21 AUGUST 2018
9:00-10:30	PANEL: MUSIC 2 Jason Bradshaw The Golden Age of JRPG Music: MIDI Masterpieces Hiroshi Yoshida Early History of Epistemic Sounds in Digital Games Konstantin Freybe The Singing Chat Of “OuterHeaven”
10.30-12:00	PANEL: WAYS OF PLAYING Nathan Altice Four Ways to Play in Hell: Makaimura Board Games in Translation Keiji Amano, Geoffrey Rockwell Gambling as Play: the Case of Pachinko Fanny Barnabe Twitch Plays Pokémon: Reappropriation as a Fictional and Playful Matrix (Moderator: Martin Picard)
12:00-13:30	PANEL: GAME HISTORIES Peter Mühleder, Tracy Hoffmann, Konstantin Freybe, André Lahmann, Florian Rämisch, Martin Roth and Leander Seige Tales of doing Research with Video Game Fan Databases: A data-driven Approach Yuhsuke Koyama The birth of JRPG and its own evolution Martin Roth The spatiality of videogame production in Japan Akito Inoue Making Local video game history index (Moderator: Kazufumi Fukuda)
13:30-14:30	LUNCH
14:30…	Tour of The National Videogame Arcade
16:00	Keynote: David Wise
18:00	Conference Dinner Note: Please ensure you have booked your place on the conference dinner when you register your attendance at the conference. Please contact alice@thenva.com for further details, late booking arrangements or any dietary needs.

DAY THREE: 22 AUGUST 2018
9:30-11:00	GAME EDUCATION AND RESOURCES Akinori Ito, Koji Mikami, Ken-ichiro Ito A Practice Report on Development of Game Audio Research Method at Tokyo University of Technology Hitomi Mohri, Kazufumi Fukuda, Koichi Hosoi Research on User’s Information Needs of Video Game Resources for Subject Access (Moderator: Mitsuyuki Inaba)
11:00-13:00	NARRATIVE AND CHARACTER Laura Iseut L. St-Martin Dark Souls: Narrative, players, interpretations Philipp Klueglein The Design and Reception of Characters in Japanese Free- to-Play Games Rachael Hutchinson From Karate Champ to Tekken: Nation and Narration in Fighting Games (Moderator: Aki Nakamura)
13:00	LUNCH
14:00	Demos and Posters Sayaka Yoshida, Shuji Watanabe Proposal of gamification to make tidy up happily Shosaku Takeda Level design learning by the story Takahiro Tsuda, Shuji Watanabe Game Play Middleware “Park Computer” for create a new experience of playing digital games integrating inputs Shinya Saito, Shuji Watanabe, Shosaku Takeda, Kazutoshi Iida, Seiki Okude Development on the Authoring and Playable Platform Based on Omnidirectional Image Data Yutaka Makabe A Practice of Creative Music Making Education Using Synthesizer Software on Handheld Game Console
15:00	Closing remarks and thank you!

We are also delighted to announce the keynote speakers for Replaying Japan 2018.

Donkey Kong Country and The Snake Pass composer David Wise provides a composer commentary on these titles, featuring Yamaha Electronic Toms, EWI and a range of other electronic instruments. David Wise is famous for his association with Nintendo, via Rare, The Donkey Kong Country Series, Diddy Kong Racing and Starfox Adventures. David Wise Sound Studios and Music Publishing is David’s latest venture, allowing him to continue to compose music and create sound design, primarily for Video Games and Digital Media.

Through Music and Words, legendary composer Masaya Matsuura will explore his work as one of the pioneers of the rhythm action genre (creating works such as Parappa the Rapper, Vib Ribbon and others.) This will build upon the fantastically successful and inspirational sessions he gave at the All Your Bass Music Festival in January 2018 and GameCity festival in 2009.

Replaying Japan will this year be hosted by the National Videogame Arcade, Nottingham, UK. The conference will take place from 20 to 22 August.

Discounted accommodation is available through the St. James Hotel, please quote ‘game city’ when making your booking for this to apply.

The St James Hotel is located in central Nottingham, a short walk from the National Videogame Arcade.

Please note that attendees are encouraged to book accommodation as soon as possible due to increased demand resulting from a cricket test-match taking place in the city on the week of 20^th August.

Please find the St James Hotel website here: http://www.stjames-hotel.com/

For information about travel to the National Videogame Arcade please visit: https://www.thenva.com/getting-here/

For more information about visiting Nottingham please see: https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/plan-a-visit/travel/overseas-visitors