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Levels-gamehappening will be arranged this year for the second time. Levels takes place at JAMK University of applied sciences´s IT-Dynamo in Lutakko. Two-day seminar- and fairhappening will encapture five floors and offers lots of game related action for all age groups.

In gamepoints there are dozens of games with different themes ready to be played. You can for example play playstation 3-games, Warhammer, Lord of the Rings or different kinds of role- or strategic games in Levels.  For young kids there are for example Aladdin and Donald Duck who adventure in the world of board games.  In every gamepoint there is a personal adviser who helps and gives hints on how to get started with the particular game.

A bunch of first line finish game researchers and experts will give a lecture in the seminar. This years themes for Levels are social playing and media education. In Saturday You can for example listen to Eero Tuominen´s aspects about the ethics of game industry (10.40 am) or get familiar with Marko Ahonen´s thoughts of revolutional game console playstation-2 (1.00 pm). In Sunday Terhi Luukkanen gives lecture which subject is Digital games advancing children´s and youth´s wellbeing (1.40 pm). An interesting perspective for the day´s media education theme is also represented by the Jyväskylä University´s researchers Tuula Nousiainen (10.10 am) and Jukka Varsaluoma (2.30 pm).

Gamepoints will be open through all the happening. You can choose those parts of the seminar You are interested in and get to know the gamepoints and other activity the Levels has to offer.

There is a free admission for Levels-gamehappening.

Happening is open: Saturday 25.4. 10-19 and Sunday 26.4 10-17

Tags: games, happenings, media education, social playing