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31.1.2025

Across the Atlantic – game communication on NA vs EU servers

Communication can play a great role in winning, which is why online games have several options to accommodate all kinds of players. How do players on different servers use these options?

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20.1.2024

A Sentient Skateboard Rolls Around Middle-Earth - Roleplaying with Chat GPT

Can AI roleplay? Should all game masters of flesh and blood retire? Let's find out!

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15.12.2023

A Coffin for the Sheriff – Story of a Colt Concerto in Bang! The Dice Game

When the big gundown begins, there’s only a minute to pray, and a second to die. If you want to live... shoot!

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10.12.2023

Chasing and running away since 1980

Have you ever wondered what is it like to be a ghost in Pac-Man?

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25.5.2022

Living my best life as a catgirl in Final Fantasy XIV

The virtuality of online games can provide a safe place for players to explore their own identity.

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1.7.2021

Players or payers - the ever-growing trend of microtransactions in premium games

Microtransactions have caused major controversy within gaming communities. Maximising the profit on the cost of user experience is an issue hard to avoid in modern gaming.    

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10.6.2021

Unfair advantages

Exploring the nature of competitive gaming through two kinds of fairness.

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