Paradigms of games research in HCI
Marcus Carter, John Downs, Bjørn Nansen, Mitchell Harrop, Martin Gibbs · 2014
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.