This is an overview of a study on how Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Leaf has helped players cope with the isolation of COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020. The study centers around the routines and player identities that arise from the game.
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
Saying farewell to your children after a long life can be a bittersweet experience.
A study on what factors and aspects make watching #Twitch streams enjoyable. #enjoyment #streaming
A new study peers into what players of Alien Isolation think about its AI. Are you a simulationist or an experientialist?
Old School Runescape is a notoriously grindy MMORPG that has active community and supportive developers. While being almost never-ending game by design, some players do create their own rules to be followed and goals to be reached.
Nintendo Switch Online gives those who are subscribed to it a great platform to play retro games and get some nostalgia fixes. However, new titles are added to the catalogues fairly inconsistently, which is not ideal.
The short story of how I became the player I am today.