Four billion people worldwide are estimated to spend over a trillion hours yearly on digital games. People play games across all continents, cultures and demographics. Games are now an integrated part of social life. They are activity hubs, places to hang out, and communication platforms. Games now represent a core part of our daily behavior.…
Yesterday the UK government released its new Video Game Research Framework. The framework establishes a structure that guides games research and development and presents exemplary research practices, and it is important to everyone in games because it represents the first time that policy makers, industry and independent researchers (academics) in a key games market (the…
By Adam Alsen, Julian Runge, Anders Drachen and Daniel Klapper Is social gaming merely a marketing tactic? The point has been made (e.g. Liew 2009) and was welcomed by parts of the community where long standing gamers like(d) to see casual social games (CSGs) as crippled social media versions of authentic, deeply immersive games. We…
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