Introduction to special issue: Experiencing games : Games, play and players

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Lankoski, Petri Waern, Annika Thorhauge, Anne Mette Verhagen, Harko
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	In August 2010, the first Nordic DiGRA conference was held in Stockholm. The theme of the conference was player experiences and player studies in digital games; a theme very much in line with the Scandinavian tradition of user-centred design. The need for a conference in the field of game research was obvious due to the sheer amount of academics in Scandinavia working in the field of digital games. The conference attracted participants from all over Scandinavia. DiGRA is an international association of scholars within the field of game research. The first international DiGRA conference was organized in 2003 and attracted a broad range of scholars from all over the world. In 2010, DiGRA introduced the regional conference Nordic DiGRA. Introducing a Nordic branch calls out for some reflection regarding the specific characteristics of Nordic game research. Did the conference programme indeed reflect a particular Nordic approach to game research and, if so, what kinds of subject matters or methodologies are characteristic of this approach? These are questions we ask, and try to answer, in this introduction.
Starting Page	175
Ending Page	180
Page Count	6
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DOI	10.1386/jgvw.3.3.175_7
Volume Number	3
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
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