AIS SIGGAME!

I have been on a mini vacation and have had many experiences that will force me to post about a topic I was hoping to avoid. But for now we have a small public service announcement.

I would like to present the Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Games! If you are an AIS member please send an email and join the cause! Here is the official announcement:
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Dear colleagues,

As the Fortune 500 companies flock toward gamification, video games overtake movies in profitability and scope, breakthroughs in wearable computing facilitate revolutionary pervasive games and research increasingly demonstrates the effectiveness of serious games for everything from DNA sequencing to teaching logistics, the IS community has the opportunity to take the lead in game design research. 

Consequently, we are exploring proposing an AIS SIG for game-related research and solicit your feedback. Please contact us at AISSIGGAME@gmail.com to express interest, make suggestions or get involved with the proposal. The main purpose of the SIG would be to organize workshops or tracks on game-related topics at ICIS and the regional AIS conferences.   

Topics of interest include:

 - Game Design Thinking

 - Video Game Development

 - Gamification

 - Gameful Design

 - Serious Games

 - Pervasive Games

 - Game Design Theory

 - Games in IS Education

 - Empirical and theoretical research

 - Philosophy of games

 - Impact of gaming on society

Again, please contact us at AISSIGGAME@gmail.com if interested,

Kafui Monu, University of British Columbia, kafui.monu@sauder.ubc.ca

Paul Ralph - Lancaster University, paul@paulralph.name

Patrick Stacey - Lancaster University, p.stacey@lancaster.ac.uk