Adventures in games research
First posted on 04 October 2010. Last updated on 16 April 2011.
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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By Adrian Forest • On 05 October 2010
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Brisbane, Australia
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.
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