“Historically and Geographically Incorrect” – Colonialism and Board Games
Board games with colonialist themes as the focus of online discussions
Choose Wisely – Enhancing Career Prospects Through Games
Your choice of game can help develop soft skills related for your future profession.
Hard to define genre
We should (re)think about video game labels, and there is research to show us why.
Forgotten in the Shadows: Exploring the Ambiguity of Unexceptional Consoles
A study about unexceptional consoles, forgotten in the shadows of the more popular platforms.
Play, confront, and reconstruct: a guidebook to game analysis
A fresh guidebook research to help you prepare for a game analysis.
Spender’s Game – Problematic monetisation as seen by players
You thought loot boxes were bad? Well, gamers just reported another 35 forms of malicious microtransactions present in popular games.
Why are We Chasing Nostalgia in Video Games?
Nostalgia, the reason why we keep coming back to those games we loved in our childhood.
Video games as rites of passage: Exploring liminal rhetoric in Oxenfree
Transformative experiences in girlhood games - Stephanie Harkin discusses the potential of video games utilizing liminal spaces in exploring identity.
Spellbound by Virtual Vastness – The Sublime Rediscovered
Can a video game be sublime? Yaeri Kim dove deep into ABZÛ and discovered virtual vastness that took her breath …
Get ready for the last shift and become the Mixologist, but is it for the sake of creative expression or mere survival?
Between crafting and serving drinks – On labor tropes in drink making games and their relation to creativity and uncertainty. …
Exploring On Their Own – The Value of Implicit Video Game Tutorials
Giving players freedom to roam can be more beneficial than holding their hand too much.
Do League of Legends players overestimate their skills – The ELO Hell phenomenon
Research investigates, are low-ranked LoL players affected by Dunning-Krueger effect and blame failures on others
What Do We Know About Professional Gaming?
A look into the current research on professional gaming and professional gamers in e-sports.
“Mom! We made a game in school, and it was awesome!” Implementation of game design activities in children’s formal contexts
Authors observe children designing games at school to analyze collaboration and digital skills. Reports indicate higher motivation and interesting results …
Socializing, exploring or perhaps challenging oneself – different motivations of play.
Eleven motivations of play were found in this research, some more obvious than others.
Thanks a lot, Tolkien: Stereotypes and Identity Construction in CRPG’s
How does identity construction work in digital games and what can we learn from it through studying character creators?
Colorful pixels for 150,000 € – understanding virtual skin buyers in CS:GO
This research was conducted to find reasoning for why players spend tons of cash for a feature that adds zero …
“I never asked for this”: Reinforcing social-emotional skills through video game interactions
Social interaction between player and non-player characters can be useful for developing social-emotional skills.
Film adaptations of video games as a way to remember gameplay
A new study indicates how incorporating gameplay referrals into film adaptations of videogames may affect the viewing experience.
Highlight of “Role-Playing Games and Well-Being” by Kerttu Lehto (2021)
Impacts of role play games (RPGs) in the study of well being is undeniable.
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