A retrospective of Game Studies – the scientific field dedicated to exploring video games.

1. A Brief History of Game Studies
Recollecting the Past, Planning the Future

2. Alexander Vetushinskiy
Research fellow at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Faculty of Philosophy);
Expert at Sberbank Gamification Lab;
Lecturer at Higher School of Economics and Institute of Business and Design.

3. Game Studies

4. Game Studies
Not any games, digital only

5. Game Studies
Not any games, digital only
Not any academic fields, humanities only

6. Game Studies: prehistory
1983 - First conference at university;

7. Game Studies: prehistory
1983 - First conference at university;
1985 - First PhD;

8. Game Studies: prehistory
1983 - First conference at university;
1985 - First PhD;
1991 - Provenzo E. Video Kids: Making Sense of Nintendo

9. Game Studies: prehistory
1983 - First conference at university;
1985 - First PhD;
1991 - Provenzo E. Video Kids: Making Sense of Nintendo
1997 - Murray J. Hamlet on the Holodeck: the Future of Narrative in Cyberspace

10. Game Studies: prehistory
1983 - First conference at university;
1985 - First PhD;
1991 - Provenzo E. Video Kids: Making Sense of Nintendo
1997 - Murray J. Hamlet on the Holodeck: the Future of Narrative in Cyberspace
1998 - Aarseth E. Cybertext. Perspectives on Ergodic Literature

11. 2001 - Game Studies (The international Journal of Computer Game Research)
Game Studies: the Beginning

12. 2001 - Game Studies (The international Journal of Computer Game Research)
2003 - Center fo Computer Games Research (ITU, Denmark)
Game Studies: the Beginning

13. 2001 - Game Studies (The international Journal of Computer Game Research)
2003 - Center fo Computer Games Research (ITU, Denmark)
2003 - DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association) (Finland)
Game Studies: the Beginning

14. Ludology versus Narratology
Games versus Stories

15. Game Studies: A Brief History
1) Game Studies as Ludology

16. MDA-framework
Designer — [ Mechanics — Dynamics — Aesthethics ] — Player

17. Game Studies: A Brief History
1) Game Studies as Ludology
2) Ludology as one among many approaches in Game Studies

18. Procedural Rhetorics
& hermeneutics

19. SSM-framework
System (mechanics, dynamics)
Story (mis-en-scéne, drama)
Mental Model (affordances, schemes)

20. Game Studies: A Brief History
1) Game Studies as Ludology
2) Ludology as one among many approaches in Game Studies
3) Game Studies after GamerGate

21. Game
Studies
Game
Development

22. Game
Studies
Game
Development
Academic
Culture
Entertainment
Industry

23. Game
Studies
Game
Development
Game
Design
Academic
Culture
Entertainment
Industry

24. Game
Studies
Game
Development
Game
Design
Academic
Culture
Entertainment
Industry
PRACTICETHEORY

25. Game
Studies
Game
Development
Game
Design
Academic
Culture
Entertainment
Industry
PRACTICETHEORY
THEORY THEORYPRACTICE PRACTICE

26. Future of
Game Studies

27. Thank you!
E-mail: a.vetushinskiy@gmail.com