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The elusive “indieness": Measuring the defining characteristics of indie games
, 2021 This article aims to investigate what are the internal and external marking traits of indie games. Building up on previous efforts from other scholars, we developed a mix method research approach relying on interviews with indie game developers and a ...
Pereira, Leônidas Soares
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Europa Universalis IV and Deep Learning: Historical Accuracy, Counterfactuals and Historical Themes
, 2021 This article examines issues encountered with Europa Universalis IV (EUIV) in terms of teaching history in adult learning. The article identifies the educational limitations of the game, as well as the types of history that can be learnt from it.
Loban, Rhett
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Mental Health in 3D: A Dimensional Model of Mental Illness Representation in Digital Games
, 2021 There is a wealth of research on the depiction and impact of mental health representations in traditional media; however, less is known about video games.
Dunlap, Kelli, Kowert, Rachel
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Improving video game conversations with trope-informed design [PDF]
, 2021 This paper examines tropes in video games pertaining to conversations between player characters and Non-Player Characters (NPCs). Drawing from the fields of pragmatics and Conversation Analysis we show how these tropes differ from real, face-to-face ...
Rennick, Stephanie +2 more
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, 2021 How are video games discussed through time in the Belle Province? Do Quebecers share a common and specific video game culture? We try to answer those two questions in this paper through an analysis of Bibliothèque and Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
Lavigne, Francis
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Disrupting video game distribution
Nordic Journal of Media Studies, 2019 This article analyses the disruptive potential of Valve’s game distribution platform, Steam, focusing specifically on how Steam has evolved into a de facto online social network and how Valve uses constant feature changes as part of its corporate ...
Werning Stefan
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Baba Is You: Doing Things With Words
, 2021 Baba is you is a 2D electronic game in which the player-controlled character pushes word-blocks around in order to build sentences, which make up the rules governing the simulated environment.
Silva Campos, Simone
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HOW GANDHI WENT NUCLEAR: POTENTIALITY OF THE ARCHIVERSE IN CIVILIZATION VI [PDF]
Studia Humanistyczne AGH, 2021 “Nuclear Gandhi” is a surprising and controversial image of the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi. Often portrayed against the backdrop of nuclear explosions, his poses and styles clearly suggest awe and admiration for the ongoing mass destruction.
Jakub Alejski, Elżbieta Kowalska
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Building the perfect game – an empirical study of game modifications [PDF]
Empirical Software Engineering, 2020 Game developers cannot always meet the growing and changing needs of the gaming community, due to the often already overloaded schedules of developers. So-called modders can potentially assist game developers with addressing gamers' needs. Modders are enthusiasts who provide modifications or completely new content for a game.
Daniel Lee +3 more
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Transmedia (storytelling?): un estudi crític polifònic
Artnodes, 2016 Aquest article planteja alguns dels problemes fonamentals que sustenten el debat i la investigació recents sobre les narratives transmèdia i/o el transmedia storytelling.
Domingo Sánchez-Mesa Martínez +3 more
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