This paper examines the methods and systems of game design from the standpoint of
existing method proposals failing to establish a common basis for systematizing design …

's negative reception stood in striking contrast to the pre-release hype around the video
game built by the producer's marketing campaign and the gaming press. This study …

Based on an ethnography of gamemaking in the Toronto game development scene, I
introduce the concept of the everyday gamemaker to reveal how the everyday turn of game …

This research examines the continuities, relations, and transformations of gaming lifeworlds.
Taking on a feminist and cultural lens to study videogames as assemblages of play, this …

Existing work on personality traits in software development excludes game developers as a
discrete group. Whilst games are software, game development has unique considerations …

Why games are still niche and not mainstream, and how journalism can help them gain
cultural credibility. Mainstreaming and Game Journalism addresses both the history and …

Nascent organizations emerging from a mixture of public and private interests are attempting
to collaboratively innovate new ways to build digital technologies premised on the robust …

As members of the Critical Approaches to Technology and the Social (CATS) Lab at UC
Irvine, we are particularly motivated by this special issue's call to action. As a collective of …

Project Management anti-patterns are well-documented in the software-engineering
literature, and studying them allows understanding their impacts on teams and projects. The …

As the video game market grows larger, it becomes harder for games to stand out from the
crowd. Launching a successful game encompasses different factors, some of which are not …