来る2026年10月13日（火曜日）、立命館大学ゲーム研究センターによる2026年度第6回・第7回定例研究会を実施いたします。当日は、Brendan Keogh氏による「Capital Games: How Videogame Production Industrialises」と、Alexandre Declos氏による「Game Aesthetics: The Design Stance」の2講演を行います。
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The Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies will hold its 6th and 7th workshops of the 2026 academic year on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. The event will feature two presentations: “Capital Games: How Videogame Production Industrialises” by Brendan Keogh and “Game Aesthetics: The Design Stance” by Alexandre Declos.
Registration is not required, and there is no participation fee. We look forward to your participation.
第6回定例研究会「Capital Games: How Videogame Production Industrialises」
■発表者 Presenter
Brendan Keogh, Queensland University of Technology
■日時 Date and Time
10月13日(火曜日) 14：40～16：40
October 13(Tue.) 14：40～16：40
■場所 Venue
立命館大学衣笠キャンパス 学而館研究会室 3 アクセス
Ritsumeikan Kinugasa Campas, Gakujikan Reserch Room 3 Access
■概要 Summary
The videogame industry is currently in crisis. Since 2022, over 50,000 developers have lost their jobs globally. More games are being released than every before, but players are spending more of their time in a very small number of games. Multinational corporations are shutting down well-loved game studies; independent studios are struggling to attract new capital; and new generative AI technologies further threaten job security. This presentation will present in-progress research from the book I am currently writing to show how the current game industry crisis can be explained through Marx’s theory of the capitalist mode of production. I will outline Marx’s theory of capitalist production, show how it applies to the evolution of the videogame industry, and provide a preliminary for how this explains the current game industry crisis.
第7回定例研究会「Game Aesthetics: The Design Stance」
■発表者 Presenter
Alexandre Declos, University of Neuchâtel
■日時 Date and Time
10月13日(火曜日) 16：50～18：50
October 13(Tue.) 16：50～18：50
■【Zoom】
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■場所 Venue
立命館大学衣笠キャンパス 学而館研究会室 3 アクセス
Ritsumeikan Kinugasa Campas, Gakujikan Reserch Room 3 Access
■概要 Summary
In this presentation, I will argue that recent philosophical accounts of game aesthetics have focused too narrowly on the play stance – the first-person experience of playing games – while neglecting the design stance, which approaches games as formal systems of rules and mechanics. Drawing on Frank Lantz’s conception of games as aesthetic systems, I develop a framework for a system aesthetics centered on the design stance. I argue that games can be aesthetically appreciated through their systemic properties, including complexity, depth, emergence, harmony, and mechanical beauty. By shifting attention from play experiences to games as formal systems, the presentation highlights an underexplored dimension of game aesthetics.