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Organisation and participation in conference: Game Analysis Perspectives (Event)

Ida Kathrine Hammeleff Jørgensen(Conference Chair)
,
Espen Aarseth(Conference Chair)
,
Mike Hyslop Graham(Participant)

Activity:

Participating in or organising an event types

Organisation and participation in conference

Activity Information

Activity type

Organisation and participation in conference

Attending event

Game Analysis Perspectives

Event type

Conference

Event date

20/04/2022 – 23/04/2022

Event location

The IT University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark

Time period

20/04/2022 – 23/04/2022

Degree of recognition

International

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Game analysis is the backbone of the field of game studies. Despite this, game analysis is seldom articulated as an actual skill that should be practiced with thought and care. While most researchers indeed analyze games, and there is no shortage of analytical frameworks, there are few good actual methodologies on the subject. The result of this lack is, at best, that game analysis becomes tacit knowledge that researchers can practice but not describe, therefore making it difficult for students and newcomers to enter the field, and at worst, that game analysis becomes an inadvertent and unreflected practice leading to poor research., opens in new tab