Welcome to the very first episode of Meaningful Play. In this episode we briefly introduce ourselves before having a chat about our difficulties in finishing games. What constitutes finishing a game? And what factors impact whether we finish a game?

Articles:

Bailey, EN & Miyata, K 2017, ‘Analyzing video game completion achievements: Implications for game project scope’ in N Munekata, I Kunita, & J Hoshino (eds), Entertainment computing – ICEC 2017, vol. 10507, Springer, Cham. 

Sifa, R, Bauckhage, C & Drachen, A 2014, ‘The playtime principle: Large-scale cross-games interest modeling’, Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE conference on computational intelligence and games, Dortmund. 

Sotamaa, O 2009, ‘Achievement unlocked: Rethinking game capital’, Proceedings of the future and reality of gaming conference, Vienna. Available from: < https://www.slideshare.net/ollisotamaa/sotamaa-achievement-unlocked-270909-final>; [22 February 2019]. 

Credits:
Artwork created by Amber Collins 
Music created with Per Nyblom’s Abundant Music