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Paradigms of games research in HCI: a review of 10 years of research at CHI

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Mitchell Harrop,

Martin GibbsAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '14: Proceedings of the first ACM SIGCHI annual symposium on Computer-human interaction in play

Pages 27 - 36

https://doi.org/10.1145/2658537.2658708

Published: 19 October 2014 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper we argue that games and play research in the field of Human-Computer Interaction can usefully be understood as existing within 4 distinct research paradigms. We provide our rationale for developing these paradigms and discuss their significance in the context of the inaugural CHI Play conference.

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CHI PLAY '14: Proceedings of the first ACM SIGCHI annual symposium on Computer-human interaction in play

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DOI:10.1145/2658537

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