KCGL shorts: What is Game Studies in less than 10 Minutes

KCGL shorts: What is Game Studies in less than 10 Minutes

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Austria Game Studies and Engineering - AAU
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The field of Game Studies is an enrichment for academia as well as for the industry. It is, however, not always evident, especially to new students or students with a technical background, what this is all about. Here, we present you briefly why Game Studies is critical to progressive developments in how we think about videogames and how they will be produced.


Sections
0:00 Intro
0:56 A History of Game Studies
2:57 Humanities Logic
4:16 Cycle of Knowledge Creation in Games Studies
5:29 Domains of Game Studies
7:17 Do's & Dont's in Game Studies


This video is primarily intended for the GSE Reading Group at the AAU.
Script, slides and video by Benjamin Hanussek

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Also, we do not own any of the background music used in the video. We have used music that applies to CC standards belonging to:

► LAKEY INSPIRED
Track Name: "Blue Boi"
► Prod. Riddiman
Track Name: "Serenity"



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