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Read more about the article Escape Room The Game: The Little Girl – Forget the terrors, the clock is your true enemy

Escape Room The Game: The Little Girl – Forget the terrors, the clock is your true enemy

  • Post author:MLeppäsalo
  • Post published:October 27, 2021
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Escape room board game versions are just like the actual ones – stressful, possibly chaotic, and super fun.

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Read more about the article Into the Breach – Complex Simplicity

Into the Breach – Complex Simplicity

  • Post author:Peitsa Leinonen
  • Post published:October 26, 2021
  • Post category:Game Reviews

When the world is being ravaged by giant insects that threaten to destroy all of humanity, there’s only one logical solution: giant mechs.

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Read more about the article Puzzle & Dragons is more than your basic match-three game

Puzzle & Dragons is more than your basic match-three game

  • Post author:Peetu Maijala
  • Post published:October 25, 2021
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Puzzle & Dragons is a match-three game with a huge amount of content and longevity.

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Read more about the article The new and improved Fallout 76 — Is it worth the money?

The new and improved Fallout 76 — Is it worth the money?

  • Post author:Sini Mäntylä
  • Post published:October 22, 2021
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Fallout 76 had its fair share of issues, like missing non-playable characters, when it first launched in 2018. But how is it in 2021?

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Read more about the article DayZ:  Still Worth Playing with All the Inherent Technical Defects?

DayZ: Still Worth Playing with All the Inherent Technical Defects?

  • Post author:Valerii Kucheba
  • Post published:October 21, 2021
  • Post category:Game Reviews
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Is your gaming experience lacking the realism, atmosphere, and maximum level of credibility? Try the survival project DayZ, so you will not be likely to obtain a single minute to relax.

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Read more about the article A Plague Tale: Innocence – viattomuus ja kaunis miljöö kätkevät kuoleman alleen

A Plague Tale: Innocence – viattomuus ja kaunis miljöö kätkevät kuoleman alleen

  • Post author:MLeppäsalo
  • Post published:October 20, 2021
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Murhaajarotta-armeijoita keskiajan Ranskassa? Murhaajarotta-armeijoita keskiajan Ranskassa. A Plague Tale: Innocencen tarjoamaa seikkailua ei kannata vältellä kuin ruttoa.

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Read more about the article Summer break

Summer break

  • Post author:Elisa Wiik
  • Post published:July 6, 2021
  • Post category:Notifications

PlayLab! Magazine will take an extended summer break.

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Read more about the article Katsaus Suomalaisen peliajan jurakauteen – epäonnistunut Amersoft 1984-1986

Katsaus Suomalaisen peliajan jurakauteen – epäonnistunut Amersoft 1984-1986

  • Post author:Saara Nurminen
  • Post published:July 5, 2021
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Katsaus Suomalaisen peliajan jurakauteen – epäonnistunut Amersoft 1984-1986. Tero Pasanen ja Jaakko Suominen tutkivat julkaisussaan suomalaista pelialan yritystä.

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Read more about the article Pelaamisen elinkaari – katsaus tutkimukseen pelien merkityksestä elämän eri vaiheissa

Pelaamisen elinkaari – katsaus tutkimukseen pelien merkityksestä elämän eri vaiheissa

  • Post author:Saara Nurminen
  • Post published:July 2, 2021
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Artikkelissa tutkitaan pelaamisen elinkaarta ja miten ihmisen elinkaaren aikana pelien merkitys muuttuu.

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Read more about the article Players or payers – the ever-growing trend of microtransactions in premium games

Players or payers – the ever-growing trend of microtransactions in premium games

  • Post author:Selja Tanskanen
  • Post published:July 1, 2021
  • Post category:Features

Microtransactions have caused major controversy within gaming communities. Maximising the profit on the cost of user experience is an issue hard to avoid in modern gaming.    

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Read more about the article Dungeons and dragons as the first gaming platform

Dungeons and dragons as the first gaming platform

  • Post author:EKorkka
  • Post published:June 30, 2021
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

First there was Atari, then Nintendo and so on. WRONG - first there was D&D.

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Read more about the article How to Design Games That Promote Social Closeness Between Players?

How to Design Games That Promote Social Closeness Between Players?

  • Post author:basiik
  • Post published:June 29, 2021
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

To explore how multiplayer game mechanics facilitate social closeness, Depping & Mandryk conducted an experiment based on the 2D board-style puzzle game called Labyrinth.

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Read more about the article Digital gaming: a potential solution to loneliness among older adults

Digital gaming: a potential solution to loneliness among older adults

  • Post author:SLehikoinen
  • Post published:June 28, 2021
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Lee’s article tackles the following question: what kind of social effects does participation in digital gaming have among elderly people?

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Read more about the article The hidden importance of narrative puzzles in adventure game storytelling

The hidden importance of narrative puzzles in adventure game storytelling

  • Post author:BPuha
  • Post published:June 25, 2021
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

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.

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Read more about the article Ludic sublime in Dark Souls – the game experience during the time of productivity and efficiency

Ludic sublime in Dark Souls – the game experience during the time of productivity and efficiency

  • Post author:SLehikoinen
  • Post published:June 24, 2021
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

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

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Read more about the article Ode to the shoot-outs of spaghetti westerns – Bang! review

Ode to the shoot-outs of spaghetti westerns – Bang! review

  • Post author:BPuha
  • Post published:June 23, 2021
  • Post category:Game Reviews

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!

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Read more about the article Watching Full Motion Video While Playing – FMV Games and Their Design Patterns

Watching Full Motion Video While Playing – FMV Games and Their Design Patterns

  • Post author:TKanerva
  • Post published:June 22, 2021
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

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.

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Read more about the article Warming up to a new Concept – Hot and Cold Games

Warming up to a new Concept – Hot and Cold Games

  • Post author:AFinn
  • Post published:June 21, 2021
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

What is the 'temperature' of different types of games, and how can this help us understand how they make us feel? #Researchhighlight #DearEsther #gameresearch

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Read more about the article Chess, an esport?

Chess, an esport?

  • Post author:BPuha
  • Post published:June 18, 2021
  • Post category:Features

Move over Fortnite – Chess is coming to the esport stage and is here to stay.

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Read more about the article Paying for Power: A Look Into Dead By Daylight’s Unfair Monetization

Paying for Power: A Look Into Dead By Daylight’s Unfair Monetization

  • Post author:AAhonen
  • Post published:June 17, 2021
  • Post category:Features

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.

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