Adventures in games research

Posted by Clara Fernandez-Vara.
First posted on 04 October 2010. Last updated on 16 April 2011.
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The academic study of videogames has become an interdisciplinary research field. Game studies scholars come from a variety of disciplines, such as education, sociology, game studies, and computer science. The objects of their studies are just as diverse: specific genres (e.g., casual games (1) or role-playing games (2,3)), players, formal aspects of game design, to name but a few. Adventure…

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Very informative, especially about the challenges of using game development as part of the academic research process. I'm particularly keen on the model used at GAMBIT, as much as I understand it.

Australia By Adrian Forest • On 05 October 2010 • From Brisbane, Australia