Journal
This is my page for events I attend, from conferences and meetings to game fests and book fairs, overwhelmingly onsite but some online too, where you are always welcome to meet me and talk to me if you want to.
Meanwhile, you can buy the book or check out the book chapters if you haven’t already done so!
2026
March 25, 2026
I’ll probably be attending Gamedev.NRW’s experimental “games showcase and a games concert” (11am to 5pm) at the Düsseldorf Central Library.
March 12, 2026
You can meet me at the Gamedev.NRW meet-up as ususal.
February 10, 2026
I’ll be attending the DJW Asa no Kai on “Transformation through Insight” at TaylorWessing in Düsseldorf, Germany. Economics topic, yes, but with art!
February 4, 2026
Of course you will find me at the CGL Open Lab event in Cologne, Germany.
2025
November 29–30, 2025
I’ll be present at at the INDIE Campus 2025 in Essen, Germany, on November 29. (For November 30, alas, I have a scheduling conflict).
November 7–9, 2025
Not directly related to games, but I’ll take part in the Jahreskongress des Freien Deutschen Autorenverbands: Literatur im Spiegel von Kultur, Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft in Chemnitz, Germany. You live in Chemnitz or you’ll be there at the time, coincidentally? Hit me up!
November 1–2, 2025
Over the weekend on November 1 and 2, I’ll again be taking part in the virtual Fediverse Book Fair; you can follow along the #FediBookFair as well as my #Ludotronics and #Voidpunk hashtags and make remarks, ask questions, or just say hi!
October 02, 2025
You can meet me at the Gamedev.NRW meet-up as ususal.
September 23–25, 2025
I’ll be attending the Transformations: Dynamics of Change in Media Environments conference at the CGL in Cologne, Germany, all three days from Wednesday through Friday. If you happen to be there, say hi, and let’s get together for a coffee and a chat!
September 4–5, 2025
I’ll be presenting at the International and Interdisciplinary Conference “Games & Game Studies Beyond Postmodernism” at the University of Konstanz, Germany, and take part in the roundtable “Perspectives from the Game Industry.” To make this a smooth experience, I will arrive already on September 3 and leave on September 6, and if you happen to be there, drop me a note!
August 20–24, 2025
Note: I will not be attending this year’s gamescom from August 20–24 or, for that matter, the devcom from August 18–19 in Cologne, Germany. For many years, I’ve been at gamescom (and GDC EU) as exhibitor, presenter, academic, developer, trade visitor, and regular visitor, and the organizers worked hard to piss me (and my co-presenters and co-exhibitors and co-academics and so on) off in every single one of these six categories.
July 24, 2025
Gamedev.NRW has a reboot at a new location, and this time it’s called “Afterworks: The Beta Test.” Of course I’ll be there! Can’t stay that long during “mingling,” however, as I want to attend a concert at Ehrenhof from 20:00 to 20:30 (Kunstpalast Saal A). But I’ll be around long enough for a chat!
July 22, 2025
I’ll be attending the Dungeoneer GM Campfire in Düsseldorf, Germany. If you’re a pen-&-paper RPG aficionado and want to learn more about how to refine your GMing, you might want to join us too!
July 16, 2025
As (almost) usual, you can find me at the CGL Open Lab event in Cologne, Germany. (Yeah I know the URL sez 2024, but the page is really about the 2025 event alright.)
July 11, 2025
You can meet me on Friday at the Indie Game Fest at the Wasserturm in Cologne, Germany. Saturday depends on a set of variables not under my control, but there’s a chance I’ll be there on that day too!
June 28, 2025
If everything goes well that week—I’ll finally get a new kitchen floor that isn’t butt ugly and broken—I will be attending the Roleplaying Jam #6: Call of Chaosium at Jugendkirche Kruppstraße, Düsseldorf, Germany. I’ll be happy to meet you there!
June 6, 2025
On Friday, I’ll be at the DoKomi at the Congress Center in Düsseldorf, Germany, with the DJW. If you want to meet me there, I’ll be available between 13:30 and 15:30 and then again after 18:00.
April/May, 2025
Mid April to mid May, roughly, I’ll be meeting indie developers in Taipei. If you happen to live there (or, coincidentally, be there at the time), don’t hesitate to contact me! I’ll be happy to meet you for a chat over a cup of coffee, a can of beer, a drink, or a cocktail at the fabulous Westland bar!
March 19, 2025
Looking forward to meeting you at Digitale Stadt Düsseldorf’s Digitalk meets ZACTALK: Hass im Netz at the Vodafone Campus in Düsseldorf, Germany!
January 4, 2025
I’ll be attending the DJW Asa no Kai on “AI Regulation, Digital Opportunities, and Resilience in German-Japanese Business Dialogue” at TaylorWessing in Düsseldorf, Germany.
2024
November 2–3, 2024
Over the weekend on November 2 and 3, I’ll again be taking part in the virtual Fediverse Book Fair; you can follow along the #FediBookFair as well as my #Ludotronics and #Voidpunk hashtags and make remarks, ask questions, or just say hi!
August 21–25, 2024
Note: I will not be attending this year’s gamescom from August 21–25 or, for that matter, the devcom from August 18–20 in Cologne, Germany. For many years, I’ve been at gamescom (and GDC EU) as exhibitor, presenter, academic, and guest, and the organizers managed to piss me (and my co-presenters and co-exhibitors) off in every single one of these categories. Until, shortly before Corona hit, I (we) decided to let it go.
July 24, 2024
On Wednesday, June 24, you can find me at the Cologne Game Lab’s Graduation Ceremony 2024 and, subsequently, the Open Lab in Cologne, Germany. I’ll be there from around 2:30 pm EST until late in the night, so if you’re there, hit me up for a chat!
As I’m off to Tōkyō for about a month, this journal will recommence around late July/early August.
June 1, 2024
On Saturday, June 1, I’ll be attending the Indie Game Fest in Cologne, Germany. I’ll be hanging around there more or less for the entire day, so there’s every opportunity to get together for a chat!
April 22–26, 2024
I’ll be attending PWA’s online Fantasy Writers’ Week from Monday, APR 22, through Friday, APR 26 (but on Tuesday and Friday I’ll have to leave early around 20:30 CEST courtesy of prior engagements). If you’re on and the chatbox is too busy, which it probably will, we can open a backchannel on Discord, just drop me a note!
February 7, 2024
I’ll be attending the Open Lab event at the Cologne Game Lab in Cologne, Germany.
Januar 25, 2024
I’ll be attending the gamedevs.nrw New Year’s Reception 2024: Fashion Meets Games at the Wacom Center in Düsseldorf, Germany.
As I’m off to Singapore for about a month, this journal will recommence around late January. Among other activities, I’ll be attending the Computer Science Research Week 2024 there. So if you, by chance, happen to be in Singapore during December/early January, drop me a note!
2023
November 23, 2023
I’ll be attending this year’s “Match Me!” event in Cologne on Thursday, November 23. The event management for the Match Me! apparently shifted to Film und Medien Stiftung NRW; their website is the opposite of informative this time; and the registration procedure left a lot to be desired. But hey, I got my ticket today! If you want to attend too, the only way I know of to get a ticket is to ask for one via events@filmstiftung.de.
November 17, 2023
On Friday, November 17, I will be at the Mediadesign University’s Open Campus Day, with “Creative Day Events” from 3–6 p.m. and sozialing thereafter.
November 4–5, 2023
Over the weekend on November 4 and 5, I’ll be taking part in the virtual Fediverse Book Fair; you can follow along the #FediBookFair and #Ludotronics hashtags and make remarks, ask questions, or just say hi!
October 19, 2023
I’ll be attending the gamedevs.nrw Afterworkshop at the Wacom Center in Düsseldorf, Germany.
September 27, 2023
In case you’re a member of the DJW, you can meet me at the informal member exchange in Düsseldorf; registration required. (Curiously, an improbably number of people I meet around games and interactive media have studied Modern Japan—two years additional studies, in my case—and some of them are members of, or hover around, the DJW.)
September 16, 2023
On Saturday, September 16, you can catch up with me at the GamingDays #2 festival in Düsseldorf, Germany.
September 12–14, 2023
I’ll be attending PWA’s online Science Fiction Writers’ Week from Tuesday, SEP 12, through Thursday, SEP 14. (I’m busy on Monday, regrettably.) If you’re on and the chatbox is too busy, which it probably will, we can open a backchannel on Discord, just drop me a note!