Music Matters When It Comes to Flow
Generative music in games affect the flow experience of gameplay sessions which may be beneficial in game design.
Topical game research articles picked up and referenced by PlayLab! writers.
Solo board gaming: An analysis of player motivations
An article by Dale Leorke, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies at Tampere University, Finland, discussing the motivations people have to play board games alone as opposed to enjoying them with friends.
Merkitseekö kuolema bittimaailmassa vain häviötä? – Sureminen ja hautaaminen jätetään videopeleissä tarkoituksella taka-alalle
Tutkimus osoittaa, että kuolema voidaan esittää videopeleissä hyvin vähäpätöisenä ja mekaanisena osana itse tarinaa.
Learning through gaming – Are games the future in the classroom?
Gaming in classroom, a doomed combination in education? Hewett et al. article “The 21st century classroom gamer” explores this fascinating topic.
How gaming could reduce bias and connect us
Research suggests that gaming can be used as an effective tool to reduce bias.
Key to knowledge? How escape rooms can be utilized in pedagogy
Could educational escape rooms be the new hip pedagocical thing?
Reasons Behind Giving Money to Streamers
How are streaming, viewing, playing and spending money on esports connected?
‘KAHOOT!’ and Gamification as Part of Better Learning Experience
In the future ‘KAHOOT!’ and other tools can make the learning process of students easier.
Academic Research About Esports Is Breaking the Borders Between Fields of Study
The number of academic researches about esports has been increasing since the year 2002.
How The Stanley Parable questions freedom in interactive narratives
The Stanley Parable highlights the inherent restrictiveness of narrative-based videogames.
Does Streaming Esports Affect Players’ Behavior and Performance?
An article about Twitch streaming and how it is affecting the performance of the streamer. The researcher gathers data from both APIs and interprets the results, leading to surprising discoveries!
Merit above all else: Reception of all-female esports teams
Research suggests online gaming communities don’t feel too keenly for all-female esports teams.
To conform or not to conform – dissonance of presenting woman empowerment in Life is Strange and The Walking Dead
How do narrative adventure games like Life is Strange and The Walking Dead depict women empowerment in morally precarious situations? This is what Butt & Dunne’s "Rebel Girls and Consequences in Life is Strange and The Walking Dead" is about.
Texts vs. Games – Fan Archives and the Elder Scrolls Narrative Universe
How do fan-made archives of a game series’ texts relate to the official titles? Dennis Jansen’s article explains that deciding on canonicality in a fictional universe is no simple task.
Getting a Grip on Reality – Agency in Horror Games
Sometimes you are in control, sometimes not. Casper S. Boonen and Daniel Mieritz delve into horror games with their Agency Parameter Model.
Self-determination theory in game-based learning
The use of self-determination theory in fostering motivation via game-based learning
A Change in the Conventions? Video Game Narratives and Non-Monogamy
Non-monogamy in various forms is becoming increasingly visible in the society and media of today, but what is non-monogamy representation like in video games?
Parental Perception of Minecraft Play: Negative and Positive Aspects
Digital gaming is a big topic and takes a big part in many lives of today's children. This following brief summary about the Mavoa/Carter/Gibbs (2017: 171-181) article, takes a closer look at parental perceptions of the popular video game Minecraft.
Escaping Together: The Design and Evaluation of a Distributed Real-Life Escape Room
Can you imagine that you are abroad for let’s say business reasons, some of your colleagues go to a team-building escape game together and you cannot participate because you are away?
Video games for the purpose of playing or rather for the purpose of getting acquainted at this time?
Nowadays, games are considered, among other things, a mean of finding new friends or even a partner. In addition, games can also create environments where one can get easily misunderstood…
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