Escape room board game versions are just like the actual ones – stressful, possibly chaotic, and super fun.
Into the Breach – Complex Simplicity
When the world is being ravaged by giant insects that threaten to destroy all of humanity, there’s only one logical …
Puzzle & Dragons is more than your basic match-three game
Puzzle & Dragons is a match-three game with a huge amount of content and longevity.
The new and improved Fallout 76 — Is it worth the money?
Fallout 76 had its fair share of issues, like missing non-playable characters, when it first launched in 2018. But how …
DayZ: Still Worth Playing with All the Inherent Technical Defects?
Is your gaming experience lacking the realism, atmosphere, and maximum level of credibility? Try the survival project DayZ, so you …
A Plague Tale: Innocence – viattomuus ja kaunis miljöö kätkevät kuoleman alleen
Murhaajarotta-armeijoita keskiajan Ranskassa? Murhaajarotta-armeijoita keskiajan Ranskassa. A Plague Tale: Innocencen tarjoamaa seikkailua ei kannata vältellä kuin ruttoa.
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Katsaus Suomalaisen peliajan jurakauteen – epäonnistunut Amersoft 1984-1986
Katsaus Suomalaisen peliajan jurakauteen – epäonnistunut Amersoft 1984-1986. Tero Pasanen ja Jaakko Suominen tutkivat julkaisussaan suomalaista pelialan yritystä.
Pelaamisen elinkaari – katsaus tutkimukseen pelien merkityksestä elämän eri vaiheissa
Artikkelissa tutkitaan pelaamisen elinkaarta ja miten ihmisen elinkaaren aikana pelien merkitys muuttuu.
Players or payers – the ever-growing trend of microtransactions in premium games
Microtransactions have caused major controversy within gaming communities. Maximising the profit on the cost of user experience is an issue …
Dungeons and dragons as the first gaming platform
First there was Atari, then Nintendo and so on. WRONG - first there was D&D.
How to Design Games That Promote Social Closeness Between Players?
To explore how multiplayer game mechanics facilitate social closeness, Depping & Mandryk conducted an experiment based on the 2D board-style …
Digital gaming: a potential solution to loneliness among older adults
Lee’s article tackles the following question: what kind of social effects does participation in digital gaming have among elderly people? …
The hidden importance of narrative puzzles in adventure game storytelling
Narrative puzzles are crucial for storytelling in many games, but their importance is hardly ever talked about. Wei and Durango …
Ludic sublime in Dark Souls – the game experience during the time of productivity and efficiency
While productivity and efficiency define the late-stage metagame of Dark Souls, the sublime experience can still be found somewhere within …
Ode to the shoot-outs of spaghetti westerns – Bang! review
Bang! is a wonderful social deduction card game with a western theme. Put on your cowboy hat and get ready …
Watching Full Motion Video While Playing – FMV Games and Their Design Patterns
What Game design patterns are behind the FMV games that were popular during the nineties and are again gaining popularity? …
Warming up to a new Concept – Hot and Cold Games
What is the 'temperature' of different types of games, and how can this help us understand how they make us …
Chess, an esport?
Move over Fortnite – Chess is coming to the esport stage and is here to stay.
Paying for Power: A Look Into Dead By Daylight’s Unfair Monetization
Pay-to-win is a problematic phenomenon for games where you can purchase power. This brief analysis of the monetization of Dead …
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