** CGDC early registration closes ** This is a reminder that the early registration (with special discount prices) to the Computer Games and Digital Cultures conference is closing in Tuesday, the 30th of April. See: http://www.gamesconference.org/registration.html CGDC conference is organised by the Hypermedia Laboratory of University of Tampere, Finland, in co-operation with the leading Nordic universities and industry partners. The three-day event serves both academic research community and developers interested in exploring various games design issues. It also includes a national event aimed at the general audience. For the lecture and research paper programme, see http://www.gamesconference.org/programme.html The design-oriented workshop programme is available in http://www.gamesconference.org/pf_workshop.html The keynote presentations are given by Warren Spector (Ion Storm, USA, designer of Ultima Underworld, System Shock, Thief and Deus Ex), games critic, expert and designer Greg Costikyan (Unplugged Games, USA) and Eric Zimmerman (gamelab, USA). Welcome to Tampere in June 6-8, 2002! - Frans Mäyrä, professor, programme committee (chair)