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Tag: Mass Effect

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2.4.2021

Performing and Pretending for The Audience of One: Role-Playing in Single-Player Games

What are the affordances and restrictions the digital single-player role-playing games impose on the gamer? The study explores the different ways the player can use the game as a complex toy with multiple affordances to play pretend with.

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18.3.2021

Exploring attachment towards non-player characters in the Mass Effect series

Non-player characters can evoke trust, even love, Tali and Garrus of the Mass Effect series more than many others. Are you Shepard or the player?

  • Game Research Highlights
29.1.2018

Sidetracking: A Rant on Optional Missions

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