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Category Archive: Blog

Introducing CoE Blog Series

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Starting in August 2019, we are launching a blog series that will showcase the achievements and experiences of researchers and alumni of the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies.

Jan Švelch August 6, 2019 Blog, News

Resisting the Perpetual Update (new publication)

Jan Švelch, a postdoctoral researcher at the CoE GameCult, has published article “Resisting the perpetual update: Struggles against […]

Frans Mäyrä February 15, 2019 Blog, Research

People start playing Pokémon GO because of the franchise and fandom, but stay to catch ‘em all

Alha, K., Koskinen, E., Paavilainen, J., & Hamari, J. (2019) Why do people play location-based augmented reality games: […]

Janne Paavilainen February 6, 2019 Blog, Research

A novel method for measuring players’ gameplay preferences

Understanding why people play games and participate in different kinds of gameful and playful activities has been a […]

Jukka Vahlo November 21, 2018 Blog, Research

Bang! Evolving Cultures of Gaming in Korea

Veli-Matti Karhulahti has been doing fieldwork in Korea since September. He is a visiting researcher at Yonsei University. […]

Veli-Matti Karhulahti November 21, 2018 Blog, Research

Spending Money on Free Games

While being extremely successful, free-to-play games have received critique on being exploitative, unethical or simply poor game experiences. […]

Kati Alha November 6, 2018 Blog, Research

Misusing Emotes

What do players do when they can’t talk to each other directly? Argue on the forums, it seems […]

Jonne Arjoranta October 16, 2018 Blog, Research

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