The Sims have opened up a world of diversity by destroying the genre

Throughout this last decade, the Sims have become one of the best known social simulation videogames in our gamer imaginary. A game that allows us to create a new world with adorable virtual alter-egos with which to manage a parallel life that doesn't exist. A new life where you choose how and who to be and where the representation of you is increasingly diverse

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A Mind Game in Game – Creating ludic unreliability to challenge players’ inference of the designer’s intention.

Common practices of game artifacts are shifted by implied designers delivering thoughts to create ludic unreliability for players by inviting them to question and hesitate to develop game element relationships between players and designer

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Kermalla kuorrutettuja konsepteja – näkökulma peliteollisuuden hype-kulttuuriin

Affektiivisuutta pursuileva viestintä ja alati muuttuvat julkaisuajankohdat ovat vuosikymmenen kuluessa normalisoituneet teollisuudenalan kaanonissa. Kuinka tämä näyttäytyy kuluttajan perspektiivistä? Voiko hype olla koskaan kestävä markkinointistrategia kulttuuriteollisuudessa?

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Shadows over Camelot – HARD FUN corporate game playing with the theme of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

It's time to challenge your corporative skill with friends (or foes) in the board game of the KingArthur realm, and you will notice that communication is not enough to win.

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Lovers in a dangerous spacetime – Don’t trap by the beauty; communication and teamwork will ensure you survive in the limited space and time.

Assessing your communication and collaboration skills with (lovely) friends to help Rabbits in deep space here where space is limited to fly and when time is limited to stay.

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