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• Waving the Pixelated Chequered Flag 

  Malinen, Ville (2023)

• Green Capital of Simulated Entertainment : The Reformed Relationship Between Motorsports and Sim Racing and Their Sustainability 

  Malinen, Ville (RWTH Aachen University, 2023)

  This article suggests that the rising visibility and status of sim racing may lead to new challenges owing to its increased synergy with motorsports. Risks are accelerated because of the position of sim racing between ...

• "I never gave up" : engagement with playable characters and esports players of Overwatch 

  Välisalo, Tanja; Ruotsalainen, Maria (ACM, 2019)

  Esports phenomena have grown rapidly in recent years, and so has research on the topic. Some of the research has also addressed esports fandom (see e.g. Taylor 2012). Nevertheless, studies comparing and contrasting how ...

• Sociohistorical development of sim racing in European and Asia-Pacific esports : A cross-cultural qualitative study 

  Lefebvre, Florian; Malinen, Ville; Karhulahti, Veli-Matti (SAGE Publications, 2024)

  With the accelerated growth of the sim racing industry over the last few years, research on the phenomenon has started to emerge. Nonetheless, the history of sim racing remains unmapped. This study aims to fill the gap by ...

• Individuals, Representatives, and Racers : Instagram Images of F1 and F1 Esports Series Drivers 

  Malinen, Ville (IJESPORTS, 2024)

  The aims of this article are to deepen the understanding of how traditional motorsports and esports stars’ images are represented and maintained in the form of individual social media content and how they compare with one ...