Following the footsteps of sex toys
To make gaming experience more pervasive, game controllers need to be redesigned to better include body to playing.
Topical game research articles picked up and referenced by PlayLab! writers.
Pokémon Go Further
The global phenomenon Pokémon Go doesn’t use the full potential of pervasive gaming.
Defcon (Introversion Software) taken from Steam
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Just War: Ethical Issues Surrounding Warfare
Zagal’s article focuses on some of the different ways that war is represented and portrayed in videogames
Enlightenment
Videogame consumption: The apophatic dimension
Can spiritual concepts be applied to videogames – the case of the apophatic
Integrating games into the art world
Integrating games into the art world: A case study of Jason Rohrer’s games The question “are video games art?” has caused a lot of discussion and debate over the last…
Developing Players, Playing Developers: User Content in Little Big Planet
LittleBigPlanet or LBP is an example of a participatory and a convergence culture whose users show a strongly socially-oriented attitude to technology.
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The Emancipated Player Creates Meaning and Enjoys the Game
Introducing an open-minded and critical player type Different players enjoy different things in video games, but a certain type of player actively strives to create meaning and wants to experience…
Narratives of Escape Rooms
Some escape rooms are experimenting with ways of bringing new genres into the scene In their article titled ’Escape Rooms and the Seductive Ubiquity of Capture’ published in Analog Game…
That Dragon, Cancer on harvinainen peli: se ei trivialisoi kuolemaa
That Dragon, Cancer pelissä kuolema ei ole osa mekaniikkaa vaan osa tarinaa.
Lads like Call of Duty: The statistical analysis of video game preferences
From fans of FIFA to those who enjoy The Sims, there is plenty to analyze about gaming preferences. In their article "The Structure of Video Game Preference", Rune Klevjer and…
Canonizing Bioshock: Cultural Value and the Prestige Game
The cultural value of Bioshock : the poster child of prestige games Felan Parker explores in his article “Canonizing Bioshock: Cultural Value and the Prestige Game” how Bioshock (2007) exemplifies…
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Greed Playing in LoL – Winning at All Costs
Subversion of the meta in League of Legends: innovation or a punishable act? In his article, Scott Donaldson examines the relationships between player community norms and developer-created rules of…
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The Limitations of Gameplay in Games Examining the JFK Assassination Cause Players to Challenge the Official Historical Narrative
JFKreloaded and Call of Duty depict one of the JFK assassination in a way that creates uncertainty The assassination of John F. Kennedy has been depicted in multiple forms of…
What is strafe jumping?
From bug to a feature: strafejumping and the legacy of Quake engine bugs. Strafe jumping is a technique that allows Quake players to achieve a speed level normally unobtainable in…
The Pokémon Go Effect: An Urban Planner’s Best Friend
How much does this mobile phenomenon really affect our daily lives? Could Pokemon Go make playgrounds out of cities? Pokémon Go, the location-based mobile augmented reality game developed by Niantic…
Dark Souls © From Software 2011
‘I’ and the Game: The Forms of the Player’s Subjectivity in a Digital Game
Player identification in digital games can take many forms.
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