Center for Digital Play

Research output

Research output per year 2003 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2023

• 135 Article in proceedings
• 66 Book chapter
• 64 Journal article
• 41 Conference abstract for conference
• 88 More
  • 19 Paper
  • 12 Other contribution
  • 9 Conference article
  • 7 Editorial
  • 6 Ph.D. thesis
  • 5 Book
  • 4 Anthology
  • 4 Conference abstract in proceedings
  • 3 Poster
  • 3 Interactive production
  • 2 Encyclopedia chapter
  • 2 Comment/debate
  • 2 2D/3D (psysical products)
  • 2 Net publication - Internet publication
  • 2 Working paper
  • 1 Report
  • 1 Contribution to newspaper - Comment/debate
  • 1 Contribution to newspaper - Feature article
  • 1 Review
  • 1 Computer programme
  • 1 Patent

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2020

  Super Mario Maker 2 as a Tool for Educational Game Design

  Fornos, S., 2020, 14th European Conference on Game Based Learning Proceedings. Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, p. 801-804

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Chemical engineering 100%
  • Engineering education 50%
  • Commercial off-the-shelf 48%
  • Mechanics 36%
  • Students 31%

• Techno-giants: The Giant, the Machine and the Human

  Ford, D., 3 Sep 2020, Proceedings of the 2020 DiGRA International Conference: Play Everywhere. Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA), 16 p.

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Giant 100%
  • Anxiety 51%
  • Liberty 44%
  • Fallout 40%
  • Humankind 33%

• That Old School Feeling: Processes of Mythmaking in Old School RuneScape

  Ford, D., 22 Oct 2020.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

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  • myth 100%
  • history 60%
  • time 39%

• The Death of Gamers: How Do We Address The Gamer Stereotype?

  Houe, N. P., Sep 2020. 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Paper › Research › peer-review

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  • stereotype 100%
  • death 87%
  • discourse 64%
  • critic 55%
  • ecology 28%

• The Disrupted Ludic Self: Aesthetics of character switching in NeiR: Automata

  Wright, R. C., 4 Sep 2020. 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

• The Dynamic Game Character: Definition, Construction, and Challenges in Character Ecology

  Blom, J., Jul 2020, IT-Universitetet i København. 245 p. (ITU-DS; No. 167).

  Research output: Book / Anthology / Report / Ph.D. thesis › Ph.D. thesis

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  • Ecology 100%
  • Intellectual property 8%
  • Television 7%

• The game itself? Towards a Hermeneutics of Computer Games

  Aarseth, E. J. & Möring, S. M., 2020, FDG '20: International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1-8 36

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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  • Computer games 100%
  • Ontology 68%

• Using Transformative Learning Theory to Frame and Observe Learning Processes in Digital Games

  Graham, M. H., 2020, DiGRA ’20 – Proceedings of the 2020 DiGRA International Conference: Play Everywhere, 2020.. Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA)

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research › peer-review

• “Block the Spawn Point”: Play and Games in the Hong Kong 2019 Pro-democracy Protests

  Wirman, H. E. & Jones, R., 2020, In: Proceedings of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA). p. np 4 p.

  Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Conference article › Research › peer-review

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  • protest 100%
  • Hong Kong 95%
  • democracy 77%
  • entertainment 55%
  • utilization 46%
• 2019

  Are Loot Boxes Gambling? Random Reward Mechanisms in Video Games

  Nielsen, R. K. L. & Grabarczyk, P., Jun 2019, In: Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association. 4, p. 171-207 36 p., 6.

  Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • gambling 100%
  • computer game 91%
  • reward 79%
  • Legislative bodies 31%
  • world economy 26%

• Beyond Procedurality: Situating The Witness in the Proceduralism Debate

  Wright, R. C., 9 Aug 2019, DiGRA '19: Proceedings of the Digital Games Research Association Conference: Game, Play and the Emerging Ludo-Mix. Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA), 18 p.

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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  • witness 100%
  • theory-practice 36%

• Beyond the Wall: The Boundaries of the Neomedieval Town in Singleplayer Roleplaying Games

  Ford, D., Aug 2019, Proceedings of the 2019 DiGRA International Conference: Game, Play and the Emerging Ludo-Mix. DIGRA, 15 p.

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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  • town 100%

• Deconstructing Representation

  Lee, R., 8 Nov 2019

  Research output: Non-textual form › 2D/3D (psysical products) › Research

  Open Access

  • Machine learning 100%

• Game Studies: How to play - Ten play-tips for the aspiring game-studies scholar

  Aarseth, E. J., 2019, In: Game Studies. 19, 2

  Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Editorial

• image machine / machine image

  Lee, R., 25 Jan 2019

  Research output: Non-textual form › 2D/3D (psysical products) › Research

  • Automation 100%
  • Machine learning 96%
  • Sols 91%
  • Cybernetics 88%
  • Opacity 84%

• Introduction: Space – The Theoretical Frontier

  Aarseth, E. J. & Günzel, S., 2019, Ludotopia: Spaces, Places and Territories in Computer Games. Aarseth, E. & Günzel, S. (eds.). Transcript Verlag

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Lost Futures: In the Presence of Long-Lost Civilisations in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

  Ford, D., Nov 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • civilization 100%
  • engineering 19%
  • examination 19%
  • experience 10%

• Ludoforming: Changing Actual, Historical or Fictional Topographies into Ludic Topologies

  Aarseth, E. J., 2019, Ludotopia: Spaces, Places and Territories in Computer Games. Aarseth, E. & Günzel, S. (eds.). Transcript Verlag, p. 127-140

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Ludotopia: Spaces, Places, and Territories in Computer Games

  Aarseth, E. J. (ed.) & Günzel, S. (ed.), 2019, Transcript Verlag.

  Research output: Book / Anthology / Report / Ph.D. thesis › Anthology › Research › peer-review

• Playing as The Monster: Towards a Typology of Monstrous Player-Characters in Computer Games

  Houe, N. P., Apr 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

  • Computer Games 100%
  • Monstrous 86%
  • Players 68%
  • Hero 17%
  • Traits 17%

• Strategies for Unlocking Content in Nintendo Franchises

  Blom, J., Aarseth, E. J. & Grabarczyk, P., Aug 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

• Unifying Game Ontology: A Faceted Classification of Game Elements

  Debus, M. S., 2019, IT-Universitetet i København. 356 p.

  Research output: Book / Anthology / Report / Ph.D. thesis › Ph.D. thesis

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• Video Game Description Language Environment for Unity Machine Learning Agents

  Johansen, M., Pichlmair, M. & Risi, S., 1 Aug 2019, 2019 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG). IEEE, 8 p.

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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  • Machine learning 100%
  • Ontology 57%
  • Engines 43%

• Violence | Perception | Video Games: New Directions in Game Research

  Alvarez, F. I. (ed.), Debus, M. S. (ed.), Maughan, C. L. (ed.), Vozaru, M., Ferguson, C., Fetzer, F., Panic-Cidic, N., Roth, C., Nguyen, A-T., Schnaars, C. J., Brandis, R., Boccia, A., Price, D., Mohammad-Hadi, N., Wolf, L., Alvarez, A., Mukae, S., Bakk, A. K. & Freyermuth, G. S., 2019, Transcript Verlag. 230 p.

  Research output: Book / Anthology / Report / Ph.D. thesis › Anthology › Research

  • Video Games 100%
  • Reframing 22%
  • Meaning Making 22%
  • Anthology 20%
  • Psychologists 16%
• 2018

  An Ontological Meta-Model for Games Research

  Grabarczyk, P. & Aarseth, E. J., 2018, In: Proceedings of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA).

  Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • Ontology 100%
  • Mechanics 51%

• Are Loot Boxes Gambling? Random reward mechanisms in video games

  Nielsen, R. K. L. & Grabarczyk, P., 2018, DiGRA '18 - Proceedings of the 2018 DiGRA International Conference: The Game is the Message. DIGRA, 20 p.

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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  • gambling 100%
  • computer game 91%
  • reward 79%
  • Legislative bodies 31%
  • world economy 26%

• A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution

  van Rooij, A., Ferguson, C., Nielsen, R. K. L., Aarseth, E. J., Poulsen, A., Kardefelt-Winther, D., Bean, A., Colder Carras, M., Przybylski, A., Shi, J., Brus, A., Fiskaali, A., Karlsen, F., Lieberoth, A., Markey, P. & Prax, P., 12 Mar 2018, In: Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 7, 1, p. 1-9 9 p.

  Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • Video Games 100%
  • Gravitation 86%
  • International Classification of Diseases 76%
  • Thinking 74%
  • evidence 63%

• Gaming the system: Practices against the algorithmic makeover of everyday life

  Cermak-Sassenrath, D., 2018, Proceedings of Politics of the Machines – Art and After EVA Conference 2018, Copenhagen, DK, May 15–7, 2018.. BCS Learning and Development Ltd, 8 p.

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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• GIFT: Hybrid Museum Experiences through Gifting and Play

  Back, J., Bedwell, B., Benford, S., Eklund, L., Løvlie, A. S., Preston, W., Rajkowska, P., Ryding, K., Spence, J., Thorn, E-C., Waern, A. & Wray, T., 2018, In: CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 2235, p. 31-40 9 p., 4.

  Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Conference article › Research › peer-review

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  • Museums 100%
  • Human computer interaction 14%
  • Lead 13%

• GIFT Project Deliverable D4.1 Evaluation Strategy and Change Process Report

  Løvlie, A. S., Pichlmair, M. & Brin, S., 2018, The European Commission.

  Research output: Book / Anthology / Report / Ph.D. thesis › Report › Research

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• Implied Play Styles: An Analysis Tool to Understand Player Behavior and Meta-Game Emergence

  Debus, M. S., 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

  • Players 100%
  • Designer 12%
  • Exercise 7%
  • Moral Choice 6%
  • Voids 5%

• Makin' Cake: Provocation, self-confrontation and the opacity of play

  Cermak-Sassenrath, D., 2018, Playful Disruption of Digital Media. Cermak-Sassenrath, D. (ed.). Springer, p. 223–56 (Gaming Media and Social Effects).

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Self-confrontation 100%
  • Opacity 68%
  • Players 38%
  • Interactive Installation 21%
  • Spectator 18%

• Monuments For A Departed Future: Designing For Critical Engagement With An Ideologically Contested Museum Collection

  Ryding, K. & Løvlie, A. S., 20 Apr 2018, MW18: Museums and the Web 2018: Selected Papers and Proceedings from an International Conference. Silver Spring, MD: Museums and the Web

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Museum Collections 100%
  • Yugoslavia 45%
  • Josip Broz Tito 27%
  • Iteration 19%
  • Modernist 14%

• On political activism in digital games

  Cermak-Sassenrath, D., 2018, In: MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research. 34, 64, p. 87-115

  Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • mechanic 100%
  • taxonomy 47%
  • genre 44%
  • popularity 43%
  • everyday life 41%

• Playful Disruption of Digital Media

  Cermak-Sassenrath, D. (ed.), 2018, Springer. (Gaming Media and Social Effects).

  Research output: Book / Anthology / Report / Ph.D. thesis › Anthology › Research › peer-review

• Playing on the edge

  Cermak-Sassenrath, D., 2018, Playful Disruption of Digital Media. Cermak-Sassenrath, D. (ed.). Springer, p. 269–97 (Gaming Media and Social Effects).

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Computer games 100%
  • Sports 80%

• PLAYING OURSELVES INTO FEUDALISM: THE POLITICS AND ETHICS OF LUDIC AUTOMATION

  Sicart, M. A. & Pichlmair, M., 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • feudalism 100%
  • automation 69%
  • moral philosophy 49%
  • politics 37%
  • white-collar job 36%

• Port or conversion? An ontological framework for classifying game versions

  Grabarczyk, P. & Aarseth, E. J., 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Paper › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Marketing 100%

• Re-Volution Sampler: A Participatory Archive of Revolutionary Songs

  Cermak-Sassenrath, D. & Jørgensen, S. H., 2018

  Research output: Non-textual form › Interactive production › Research › peer-review

• Speedrunning: Transgressive Play in Digital Space

  Ford, D., Nov 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Video Games 100%
  • Players 70%
  • Ocarina 48%
  • Rain Forest 38%
  • Paul Virilio 38%

• The potential of the contradictory in digital media: The example of the political art game PoliShot

  Grabowski, S. & Cermak-Sassenrath, D., 2018, Playful Disruption of Digital Media. Springer, p. 47–64 (Gaming Media and Social Effects).

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

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  • Political Art 100%
  • Digital Media 85%
  • Contradictory 55%
  • Players 40%
  • Interactive Installation 33%

• Those Algorithmic Lives of Ours

  Cermak-Sassenrath, D., 2018

  Research output: Non-textual form › Interactive production › Research › peer-review

• Word By Word: A Mobile Game To Encourage Collaborative Storytelling Within The Museum

  Ingimundardottir, E., Stanciauskaite, G., Sachse, K. K., Wray, T. & Løvlie, A. S., 19 Apr 2018, MW18: Museums and the Web 2018. Silver Spring, MD: Museums and the Web

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Museums 100%
• 2017

  Adaptations in Play: Strategies of Adaptation in Digital and Non-Digital Games

  Jørgensen, I. K. H., 18 May 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

  • Board Games 100%
  • Talisman 47%
  • Flight 31%
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein 28%
  • Fantasy 28%

• Affective evolutionary music composition with MetaCompose

  Scirea, M., Togelius, J., Eklund, P. & Risi, S., 12 Jun 2017, In: Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines. p. 1-33

  Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • Music 100%
  • Multiobjective optimization 72%
  • Chemical analysis 50%
  • Generator 40%
  • Mood 32%

• Against ‘Videogames’: Epistemic Blindness in (Video) Game Studies

  Aarseth, E. J., 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

• A game is a game is a game

  Jørgensen, I. K. H., 4 Jul 2017. 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

  • typology 100%
  • historian 59%
  • art 42%
  • discourse 31%
  • trend 29%

• Automating the Incremental Evolution of Controllers for Physical Robots

  Faina, A., Jacobsen, L. T. & Risi, S., 2017, In: Artificial Life. 23, 2, p. 142-168 27 p.

  Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • Artificial Intelligence 100%
  • Robotics 78%
  • Intelligent robots 48%
  • Robots 48%
  • Simulation 47%

• Changing frames of reference through effective transformations

  Cermak-Sassenrath, D., Hensel, N. H., Jack, K. & Lewis, J., 2017, New Innovations in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. A. H. P. B. J. B. C. N. (ed.). Libri Publishing, p. 307–12

  Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Characters as Gateways to the Game World

  Blom, J., 23 Aug 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Paper › Research › peer-review

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