Other than Text : Media Used in Game Studies Publications. A Computational Analysis into 20 Years of Publications of the Game Studies Journal, and an Appeal for Research Through Design

Constantinos Miltiadis

Other than Text : Media Used in Game Studies Publications. A Computational Analysis into 20 Years of Publications of the Game Studies Journal, and an Appeal for Research Through Design

Constantinos Miltiadis

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Abstract

What means are used in communicating game studies research? The article presents an analysis of findings produced through computational web scraping all published material in the 20-year lifetime of the Game Studies Journal, looking for a range of media facilitated by its permissive HTML format and published alongside text. The inquiry intends to provide reflexive data into the 20-year history of the field’s oldest journal and the implicit research tradition cultivated so far. Extending the discussion, it presents the problematic relationship of game studies and design, making a case for the formal inclusion of design-based research methods to the interdiscipline, which while latent in its current ecology are nevertheless foreseeable to manifest in the third decade of the game studies project. Lastly, it advocates for research through design: the production of videogame artifacts as research vehicles for generating new knowledge, advancing discourse, and uniting the research landscape altogether.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference Proceedings of DiGRA 2023 Conference: Limits and Margins of Games Settings
Place of Publication	Tampere
Publisher	Digital Games Research Association (DIGRA)
Pages	1-28
Number of pages	28
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2023
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Digital Games Research Association Conference: Limits and Margins of Games - Sevilla, Spain Duration: 19 Jun 2023 → 23 Jun 2023 https://digra2023.org/

Publication series

Name	DiGRA conference proceedings
Publisher	Digital Games Research Association
ISSN (Electronic)	2342-9666

Conference

Conference	Digital Games Research Association Conference
Abbreviated title	DiGRA
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Sevilla
Period	19/06/2023 → 23/06/2023
Internet address	https://digra2023.org/

Keywords

data mining
game design
game studies journal
, research communication
epistemology
use of media
design research
,research through design
research methods
videogame research
computational analysis

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Miltiadis, C. (2023). Other than Text : Media Used in Game Studies Publications. A Computational Analysis into 20 Years of Publications of the Game Studies Journal, and an Appeal for Research Through Design. In Conference Proceedings of DiGRA 2023 Conference: Limits and Margins of Games Settings (pp. 1-28). (DiGRA conference proceedings). Digital Games Research Association (DIGRA). https://dl.digra.org/index.php/dl/article/view/1898

Miltiadis, Constantinos. / Other than Text : Media Used in Game Studies Publications. A Computational Analysis into 20 Years of Publications of the Game Studies Journal, and an Appeal for Research Through Design. Conference Proceedings of DiGRA 2023 Conference: Limits and Margins of Games Settings. Tampere : Digital Games Research Association (DIGRA), 2023. pp. 1-28 (DiGRA conference proceedings).

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Miltiadis, C 2023, Other than Text : Media Used in Game Studies Publications. A Computational Analysis into 20 Years of Publications of the Game Studies Journal, and an Appeal for Research Through Design. in Conference Proceedings of DiGRA 2023 Conference: Limits and Margins of Games Settings. DiGRA conference proceedings, Digital Games Research Association (DIGRA), Tampere, pp. 1-28, Digital Games Research Association Conference, Sevilla, Spain, 19/06/2023. <https://dl.digra.org/index.php/dl/article/view/1898>

Other than Text : Media Used in Game Studies Publications. A Computational Analysis into 20 Years of Publications of the Game Studies Journal, and an Appeal for Research Through Design. / Miltiadis, Constantinos.
Conference Proceedings of DiGRA 2023 Conference: Limits and Margins of Games Settings. Tampere: Digital Games Research Association (DIGRA), 2023. p. 1-28 (DiGRA conference proceedings).

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Miltiadis C. Other than Text : Media Used in Game Studies Publications. A Computational Analysis into 20 Years of Publications of the Game Studies Journal, and an Appeal for Research Through Design. In Conference Proceedings of DiGRA 2023 Conference: Limits and Margins of Games Settings. Tampere: Digital Games Research Association (DIGRA). 2023. p. 1-28. (DiGRA conference proceedings).

Other than Text : Media Used in Game Studies Publications. A Computational Analysis into 20 Years of Publications of the Game Studies Journal, and an Appeal for Research Through Design

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