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  Cozy Horror: Crow Country’s Cathartic Return to Playing Fear

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  Caleb Ward Georgia State University - Department of Communication

  November 14, 2024

  a full space connected to outside areas (unlike Crow Country), there remains a persistent possibility of ... just outside Atlanta, GA, following a scandalous injury on one of the rides. The game takes mechanical ... nostalgic  atmosphere by reviewers, and I’m inclined to agree. We might cite the game’s setting and subject, ...
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  Indie game development beyond developers

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  Felan Parker St. Michael's College, University of Toronto

  September 03, 2018

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  assembled, introductions are made, and impromptu meetings are held, all of which falls outside of what is ...
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  Reimagining Play with Lewis Carroll’s Croquet

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  Doug Stark The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  March 24, 2020

  arches—collapse distinctions between what’s inside and outside the game. On the one hand, the existing monarchical ...
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  Esports Was Always Physical: Or, Celebrating with firebathero

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  Will Partin University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

  January 15, 2019

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  its grand finals. That evening, the tournament concluded on a steamy beach outside of Seoul, where Lee ...
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  Tabletop Documentary: The Configurative Praxis of Train

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  Jordan Wood Syracuse University

  September 29, 2014

  with passengers in the most efficient way possible. On their turn, players roll a die and then either ...
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  Game Mechanics as Emergent Narrative

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  Ryan Clement University of Waterloo

  September 09, 2017

  possible pre-scripted endings forces linearity. Some games—abstract games—eschew scripted narratives for ...
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  Encrypted Messaging, The Capitol Riot, and Playing War

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  Anthony Dannar Auburn University

  October 14, 2021

  difficult for outside entities, such as law enforcement, to monitor user communication and location. These ...
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  Incompleteness on Video Game Horizons

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  Kira ‘Kyle’ Bohunicky University of Florida

  Phillip Corrado Aggro Crab Games

  January 12, 2023

  grooved track of Alberto Giacometti’s Circuit in pursuit of a goal ironically seated just outside of the ...