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Topical game research articles picked up and referenced by PlayLab! writers.


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How do you want to do this? – A look into the therapeutic uses of role-playing games
Posted On January 19, 2025 Ben Yaxley 0

Can playing RPGs contribute positively to your wellbeing? A recent study aims to find out how RPGs are being used …

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Eldritch horrors and tentacles – Defining what “Lovecraftian” is in games
Posted On January 17, 2025 Tatu Henttinen 0

H.P. Lovecrafts legacy lives today in the shared world of Cthulhu Mythos and its iconic monsters. Prema Arasu defines the …

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Are Souls Games the Contemporary Myths?
Posted On January 14, 2025 Berk Dönmez 0

Dom Ford’s Approaching FromSoftware’s Souls Games as Myth reveals the Souls series as a modern mythology where gods fall, desires …

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Of claws and cuddles: Exploring Dark Cozy Games
Posted On January 11, 2025 Zoi Asterataki 0

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
Posted On January 5, 2025 Venni Kauppila 0

Game jams are a fun way to develop games as a hobby, but maybe there could be serious positive impacts …

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From an imaginary world into the classroom. What is the benefit of roleplaying games in education?
Posted On January 2, 2025 Samuli Siira 0

Rolling dice and calculating distances that are required to plunge and arrow into a well poisoning madmen isn’t something people …

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Are you playing the characters, or are they playing you? — The power of role-playing in shaping identity
Posted On December 30, 2024 enade 0

What if your game character could change who you are? Sounds dramatic, but Kjell Hedgard Hugaas explores this question through …

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Game modding – a symbiotic relationship with game developers and gamers, or an ethical dilemma
Posted On December 27, 2024 Jade Huhtamaa 0

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
Posted On December 24, 2024 Quan Zhou 0

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
Posted On December 21, 2024 Oskari Vainio 0

Migrants in the gaming industry can face difficulties in acclimating to the host country’s culture and ways, and these concerns …

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Gaming Through Grief: How Playing Video Games Help Players Find Meaning in Loss
Posted On December 18, 2024 MK 0

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…
Posted On December 15, 2024 Daphne Bachmann 0

A recent research article from the UK highlights the difficulties women face in board game spaces. But, there is hope …

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“Historically and Geographically Incorrect” – Colonialism and Board Games
Posted On March 1, 2024 Tuukka Hämäläinen and Veikko Juntunen 0

Board games with colonialist themes as the focus of online discussions

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Choose Wisely – Enhancing Career Prospects Through Games
Posted On February 27, 2024 Nicolas Boucht and Teoman Kars 0

Your choice of game can help develop soft skills related for your future profession.

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Hard to define genre
Posted On February 17, 2024 Gustavo Moreira Kares and Nicolas Boucht 0

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
Posted On February 9, 2024 Veikko Juntunen and Gustavo Moreira Kares 0

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
Posted On January 30, 2024 Gustavo Moreira Kares 0

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
Posted On January 18, 2024 Mikko Perälä 0

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?
Posted On December 17, 2023 Teoman Kars 0

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
Posted On December 16, 2023 Helisa Hallamaa 0

Transformative experiences in girlhood games - Stephanie Harkin discusses the potential of video games utilizing liminal spaces in exploring identity.

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