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Tag: let’s play

Youtube thumbnail with the Vinesauce mushroom icon and fanart of various Vinesauce characters.
27.4.2022

Weird game mechanics, drama and alien invasions – How live streamer Vinesauce (Vinny) creates narratives and plotlines through the affordances of non-narrative games

When an imaginative Let’s Player meets the absurd game of Tomodachi Life, you can expect there to be memes, aliens and love-triangles.

  • Game-related media
12.6.2019

Glued to the Screen – How Immersive are Let’s Play Videos?

A group of researchers take Let's Play videos under their scrutiny and see whether they can be as immersive as actually playing the game.

  • Game Research Highlights

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