Texts vs. Games – Fan Archives and the Elder Scrolls Narrative Universe
How do fan-made archives of a game series’ texts relate to the official titles? Dennis Jansen’s article explains that deciding …
Getting a Grip on Reality – Agency in Horror Games
Sometimes you are in control, sometimes not. Casper S. Boonen and Daniel Mieritz delve into horror games with their Agency …
Self-determination theory in game-based learning
The use of self-determination theory in fostering motivation via game-based learning
A Change in the Conventions? Video Game Narratives and Non-Monogamy
Non-monogamy in various forms is becoming increasingly visible in the society and media of today, but what is non-monogamy representation …
Parental Perception of Minecraft Play: Negative and Positive Aspects
Digital gaming is a big topic and takes a big part in many lives of today's children. This following …
Escaping Together: The Design and Evaluation of a Distributed Real-Life Escape Room
Can you imagine that you are abroad for let’s say business reasons, some of your colleagues go to a team-building …
Video games for the purpose of playing or rather for the purpose of getting acquainted at this time?
Nowadays, games are considered, among other things, a mean of finding new friends or even a partner. In addition, games …
Breaking the Tropes – Masculinity in Firewatch
Melissa Kagen argues that Firewatch shines a light on the issues of toxic masculinity in gaming and lets the player …
Churn prediction in mobile free to play games
The fight to maintain player interest: A new model for predicting and combating churn in social f2p games.
AutoGym – How to Maintain Situational Awareness During Autonomous Driving?
Driving a car is arguably not the healthiest form of transportation. Very restricted space for movement and a suboptimal sitting …
Wolfenstein “The New Order”: Music as Inter-World Identity and Powerful Weapon
What if #Germany had won the second world war? The video game #Wolfenstein : The New Order has been trying …
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 …
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