Queering Game Development: How Do You Make What You Want on a Premade Engine?
In his essay “Engineering Queerness in the Game Development Pipeline”, Eric Freedman discusses the queering of game engines and the …
Glued to the Screen – How Immersive are Let’s Play Videos?
A group of researchers take Let's Play videos under their scrutiny and see whether they can be as immersive as …
Pystyvätkö pelit lisäämään kansalaisten tietoja ja osallistumista kaupunkisuunnittelussa?
Peleillä on mahdollista saada kansalaiset osallistumaan kaupunkisuunnitteluun ja parantaa samalla heidän kansalaistaitojaan.
How Capable Is Our Society of Hosting eSports Events?
eSports events are increasingly popular. However, are the current existing venues in our society capable of hosting them? Jenny et …
The controversies in high-performance play: the case studies of Nintendo and Valve Corporation
In the contemporary professional gaming scene, there are often issues between high-performance players and game institutions/platforms. Witkowski used two case …
Are Flow and Immersion the Same Thing?
Michailidis et al. consider in this study that flow and immersion have the same meaning, until and unless evidence is …
“theyre all trans sharon”: Authoring Gender in Video Game Fan Fiction
"“theyre all trans sharon”: Authoring Gender in Video Game Fan Fiction" discusses gender and transgender identities in video game fanfiction.
Snowballing and Comebacks in MOBA games: Visual Analytics for Developers
In this research highlight, we summarize how the authors of the study "A Visual Analytics Approach for Understanding Reasons behind …
Drunk VR Gaming – Should you do it?
The research article 'Drunk Virtual Reality Gaming: Exploring the Influence of Alcohol on Cybersickness' by Iskenderova et al. discusses the …
PLEX/CIVIC – Työkalu kaupunkipelien suunnitteluun ja arviointiin
Suunniteltaessa pelejä yhteiskunnallisiin tarpeisiin ongelmana on usein, että pelisuunnittelijat ja pelien tilaajat eivät puhu yhteistä kieltä. PLEX/CIVIC-malli tarjoaa tähän työkaluja. …
Portrayal of Religious Authority in Dishonored: Questioning Legitimacy
This article provides an exploration of the portrayal, questioning, and challenge of religious authority in the Dishonored series. Rautalahti examines …
Should Internet Gaming Disorder be perceived differently under the scope of eSports?
Nielsen and Karhulahti scrutinize how the nine features of internet gaming disorder by the APA should be interpreted differently under …
Moral Judgements in Play: Lessons for Design and Analysis
The study examines how players' morality operating on an intuitive level affects and is affected by gameplay. The study looks …
“How Do Those Danish Bastards Sleep at Night?”*: Fan Labor and the Power of Cuteness
Joyce Goggins explores the cute world of LEGO and analyzes LEGO's marketing tactics, namely the use of fan labor in …
Voiko pelillistäminen lisätä osallistumista kaupunkisuunnitteluun?
E-osallistuminen on nähty mahdollisuutena saada kansalaiset osallistumaan mm. kaupunkisuunnitteluun, mutta voiko pellillistäminen tuoda uusia osallistujia ja motivoida käyttäjiä hankkeen aikana? …
Post-Play Activities as Part of Larp Design
Larp can be an emotionally and physically taxing hobby. In her article ”Post-Play Activities for Larp: Methods and Challenges”, Maury …
Does Using a Mini-Map Hinder You From Learning Your Surroundings?
Does using a mini-map hinder you from learning your surroundings? This game research summary explains the differences between verbal instructions …
The Ethics of Choice: Morality and In-Game Limitations
Tony Rosqvist’s Scale of Morality is a method for exploration of Morality and Ethics in Video Games. It can be …
Games for health is a challenging area for designers
Success in the field of games for health is a complex issue.
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