DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2003
Springer
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2003
Springer
Space, vast lands and dungeons… It is no coincidence that Space War and Adventure are among the best known of the first computer games. Both clearly appeal to the player’s cur...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2003
Springer
The relationship between videogames and violent behaviour was analysed in a representative sample of 9889 Norwegian youth ageing from 13 to 18 years. Videogames were separated in ...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2003
Springer
This essay explores aspects of the history of wargaming in order to develop fresh perspectives on the analysis of contemporary computer games. Wargaming is considered in relation ...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2003
Springer
This study analyzes U.S. news media coverage of the second Gulf War, to determine how individuals used the term ‘videogame’ in reference to the war. By studying how the news m...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2003
Springer
This paper examines the idea of combining Live Action Role-Playing (LARP) and MMORPG into a hybrid game named Takkar. We developed three versions of Takkar in an iterative fashion...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2003
Springer
In this study, we examine how online games, like the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) EverQuest, are represented and controlled through media rhetoric. We l...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2003
Springer
The paper addresses limitations of strictly interactive theories of videogame genre, proposes a supplementary, historicist inter-media alternative, and interprets the videogame Ka...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2003
Springer
The social experience of multiplayer gaming is mediated by the communications tools that are available to use. Until recently, these have been largely text-based, but with the adv...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2003
Springer
This paper examines the computer game Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in relation to the novel with the same title. The analysis focuses on the temporal aspects of the ...