Category: Game Research Highlights
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How do you want to do this? – A look into the therapeutic uses of role-playing games
Can playing RPGs contribute positively to your wellbeing? A recent study aims to find out how RPGs are being used in therapeutic practises and what results they’ve yielded thus far. #MentalHealth #RPG
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Eldritch horrors and tentacles – Defining what “Lovecraftian” is in games
H.P. Lovecrafts legacy lives today in the shared world of Cthulhu Mythos and its iconic monsters. Prema Arasu defines the meaning of “Lovecraftian” and what it means to consumers through investigating Steam users applying the Lovecraftian tag. #Lovecraftian #Steam #Games #Culture
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Are Souls Games the Contemporary Myths?
Dom Ford’s Approaching FromSoftware’s Souls Games as Myth reveals the Souls series as a modern mythology where gods fall, desires corrupt, and players become storytellers. #gameresearch #DarkSouls #EldenRing #Mythology
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Of claws and cuddles: Exploring Dark Cozy Games
Cute, wholesome, safe….dark, heavy, violent? Let’s talk about dark cozy games!
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Positive Impacts of Game Jams: Finding Hope By Making Games
Game jams are a fun way to develop games as a hobby, but maybe there could be serious positive impacts of these game creation events.
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From an imaginary world into the classroom. What is the benefit of roleplaying games in education?
Rolling dice and calculating distances that are required to plunge and arrow into a well poisoning madmen isn’t something people would expect happening in a formal education setting. However, a study shows that incorporating play behavior into curriculum has notable, yet understudied benefits in classrooms. #roleplayinggames #education #gameresearch
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Are you playing the characters, or are they playing you? — The power of role-playing in shaping identity
What if your game character could change who you are? Sounds dramatic, but Kjell Hedgard Hugaas explores this question through #bleed, the crossover between players and characters. As it turns out, #RPGs don’t just tell stories, they reshape #identity and unlock new dimensions of #self-discovery.
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Game modding – a symbiotic relationship with game developers and gamers, or an ethical dilemma
Turns out, that game industry professionals, video game enjoyers and creators of mods have different opinions about game modding
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Not Just Fun, Rethinking Video Games
Why do people play games? Just because it’s fun? This research doesn’t think so.
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A Call for Fostering Inclusivity and Acclimation in the Gaming Industry
Migrants in the gaming industry can face difficulties in acclimating to the host country’s culture and ways, and these concerns should be addressed for easier integration.
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Gaming Through Grief: How Playing Video Games Help Players Find Meaning in Loss
Discover how video games evoke memories, offer comfort, and transform loss into healing and meaning-making. #bereavement #meaning-making #videogames
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Board game culture is changing…
A recent research article from the UK highlights the difficulties women face in board game spaces. But, there is hope because things are changing. #BoardGames #gender #culture #GeekMasculinity
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“Historically and Geographically Incorrect” – Colonialism and Board Games
Board games with colonialist themes as the focus of online discussions
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Choose Wisely – Enhancing Career Prospects Through Games
Your choice of game can help develop soft skills related for your future profession.
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Hard to define genre
We should (re)think about video game labels, and there is research to show us why.
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Forgotten in the Shadows: Exploring the Ambiguity of Unexceptional Consoles
A study about unexceptional consoles, forgotten in the shadows of the more popular platforms.
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Play, confront, and reconstruct: a guidebook to game analysis
A fresh guidebook research to help you prepare for a game analysis.
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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.
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Why are We Chasing Nostalgia in Video Games?
Nostalgia, the reason why we keep coming back to those games we loved in our childhood.
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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.