How to Define Games and Why We Need to
Abstract
This article provides guidelines on how to make useful game definitions and discusses when that is a worthwhile undertaking. It examines a recent article attempting to define videogames (Bergonse in Comput Games J 6(4):239–255, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40869-017-0045-4), and uses it as an example to discuss game definitions in general. It concludes with reasons why making a final definition of games is not possible and why we need to continue to define games.
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Format
Articles
Research article
Published
2019
Series
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Springer
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201911154903Use this for linking
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2052-773X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40869-019-00080-6
Language
English
Published in
The Computer Games Journal
Citation
- Arjoranta, J. (2019). How to Define Games and Why We Need to. The Computer Games Journal, 8(3-4), 109-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40869-019-00080-6
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Funder(s)
Research Council of Finland
Funding program(s)
Huippuyksikkörahoitus, SA
Centre of Excellence, AoF
Additional information about funding
Funding was provided by Academy of Finland (Grant No. 312397).
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