‘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 …
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.
Self-determination theory in game-based learning
The use of self-determination theory in fostering motivation via game-based learning
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 …
Breaking the Tropes – Masculinity in Firewatch
Melissa Kagen argues that Firewatch shines a light on the issues of toxic masculinity in gaming and lets the player …
Churn prediction in mobile free to play games
The fight to maintain player interest: A new model for predicting and combating churn in social f2p games.
AutoGym – How to Maintain Situational Awareness During Autonomous Driving?
Driving a car is arguably not the healthiest form of transportation. Very restricted space for movement and a suboptimal sitting …
Queering Game Development: How Do You Make What You Want on a Premade Engine?
In his essay “Engineering Queerness in the Game Development Pipeline”, Eric Freedman discusses the queering of game engines and the …
Glued to the Screen – How Immersive are Let’s Play Videos?
A group of researchers take Let's Play videos under their scrutiny and see whether they can be as immersive as …
Are Flow and Immersion the Same Thing?
Michailidis et al. consider in this study that flow and immersion have the same meaning, until and unless evidence is …
“theyre all trans sharon”: Authoring Gender in Video Game Fan Fiction
"“theyre all trans sharon”: Authoring Gender in Video Game Fan Fiction" discusses gender and transgender identities in video game fanfiction.
Snowballing and Comebacks in MOBA games: Visual Analytics for Developers
In this research highlight, we summarize how the authors of the study "A Visual Analytics Approach for Understanding Reasons behind …
Drunk VR Gaming – Should you do it?
The research article 'Drunk Virtual Reality Gaming: Exploring the Influence of Alcohol on Cybersickness' by Iskenderova et al. discusses the …
PLEX/CIVIC – Työkalu kaupunkipelien suunnitteluun ja arviointiin
Suunniteltaessa pelejä yhteiskunnallisiin tarpeisiin ongelmana on usein, että pelisuunnittelijat ja pelien tilaajat eivät puhu yhteistä kieltä. PLEX/CIVIC-malli tarjoaa tähän työkaluja. …
Portrayal of Religious Authority in Dishonored: Questioning Legitimacy
This article provides an exploration of the portrayal, questioning, and challenge of religious authority in the Dishonored series. Rautalahti examines …
Should Internet Gaming Disorder be perceived differently under the scope of eSports?
Nielsen and Karhulahti scrutinize how the nine features of internet gaming disorder by the APA should be interpreted differently under …
Moral Judgements in Play: Lessons for Design and Analysis
The study examines how players' morality operating on an intuitive level affects and is affected by gameplay. The study looks …
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