Digital gaming: a potential solution to loneliness among older adults
Lee’s article tackles the following question: what kind of social effects does participation in digital gaming have among elderly people?
The hidden importance of narrative puzzles in adventure game storytelling
Narrative puzzles are crucial for storytelling in many games, but their importance is hardly ever talked about. Wei and Durango go in depth to explain just why we should not overlook puzzles of the narrative kind.
Ludic sublime in Dark Souls – the game experience during the time of productivity and efficiency
While productivity and efficiency define the late-stage metagame of Dark Souls, the sublime experience can still be found somewhere within the game. #DarkSouls #Neoliberalism #LudicSublime
Ode to the shoot-outs of spaghetti westerns – Bang! review
Bang! is a wonderful social deduction card game with a western theme. Put on your cowboy hat and get ready to uncover who of your friends are foes and who allies!
Watching Full Motion Video While Playing – FMV Games and Their Design Patterns
What Game design patterns are behind the FMV games that were popular during the nineties and are again gaining popularity? Therrien, Poremba, and Ray explore these design patterns through a large amount of FMV games.
Warming up to a new Concept – Hot and Cold Games
What is the 'temperature' of different types of games, and how can this help us understand how they make us feel? #Researchhighlight #DearEsther #gameresearch
Paying for Power: A Look Into Dead By Daylight’s Unfair Monetization
Pay-to-win is a problematic phenomenon for games where you can purchase power. This brief analysis of the monetization of Dead by Daylight explores the unfair nature of its monetization.
Four waves of historical awareness – history of Finnish gaming
Jaakko Suominen categorizes four different waves of historical awareness in digital gaming that emphasize certain characteristics in writing and presenting Finnish gaming history.
Watch morning turn to day and day into night as you Slay the Spire
Choose your character and go face endless enemies in a fantastic roguelike deck builder.
The Joys of Sniffing Cartridges – Is There a Correct Way to Play?
Is there a wrong way to play a game? C. Thi Nyugen argues that, while there's nothing wrong with breaking the rules, the best way to play is to do as you're told.
Ticket to Ride – a game that takes you on an adventure
Ticket to Ride North America is a board game that takes the players on an adventure around North America. It's especially good for players, who are interested in traveling and exploring the world!
Petscop – The Greatest Game You’ll Never Play
What can game developers learn from the most horrifying Let’s Play on the net?
For Honor: You Fight For Honor, You Don’t Have To Fight With Honor
For Honor pits knights, samurai, Vikings and Chinese warriors against each other in a 3D fighting game, who will reign supreme?
Videogame music deserves more recognition than it gets.
Does videogame music matter or is it just there to fill the silence?
How do sports-themed video games help in real life sports?
Can sports-themed video games be beneficial in real life sports? Can it develop the players’ intelligence in real life as well? Let’s find out.
World of Warcraft’s optimization crisis
The evolution of this monolithic MMO has not been without hitches, and it might have an issue of identity.
Planet Coaster – Build your dream amusement park.
Planet coaster is probably the best amusement park sim that has been done to this day.
The Archaic Attitude Towards Video Games in German TV Coverage
A study shows that German public television holds still a persistent and biased view on video games.
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