The game thing: Ludology and other theory games

Crogan, Patrick

Abstract

The current state of computer games studies as it was in the early 2000s is critically examined in this paper by means of an analysis of the recently released computer game, The Thing. Game studies is an emerging area of humanities scholarship, an emergence that exhibits characteristically ambivalent framings of its object of study.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 5, 2003
• Publication Date: Feb 1, 2004
• Journal: Media International Australia
• Print ISSN: 1329-878X
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 110
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 10-18
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X0411000104
• Keywords: video game studies, The Thing video game, ludology
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1062071
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X0411000104