Game Cultures Research Group

Game Cultures Research Group comprises of researchers focusing on games and game-related phenomena in culture and society.

Focus

Core fields of research

Languages, culture and society

Learning, teaching and interaction

Research areas

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Research areas

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies - Research areas

Wellbeing and creative therapies

Belonging, crises and societal change

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies

Research group description

Game Cultures Research Group focuses on games and game-related phenomena in culture and society. Research includes areas such as the form, meaning and interpretation of games, game cultures and communities, cultures of game creation, and the role of games in media and society.

Current

Projects

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Raine Koskimaa

Professor

Members

Postdoctoral Researcher

Kai Tuuri

Senior Researcher

Elina Koskinen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jasmine Poikela

Grant researcher, post-graduate study right

Tero Kerttula

Translator

Veli-Matti Karhulahti

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jari Lindroos

Doctoral Researcher

Marko Siitonen

Professor, Head of Department

Publications

Publication

2021

Identifying the Impact of Game Music both Within and Beyond Gameplay

International Conference on Entertainment Computing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer.

Tuuri, Kai

Koskela, Oskari

Vahlo, Jukka

Tissari, Heli

Publication

2021

Johdanto : Fantasiasta

Fantasia. Nykykulttuurin tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja. Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Korpua, Jyrki

Hirsjärvi, Irma

Kovala, Urpo

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2021

Let’s Play Tinder! : Aesthetics of a Dating App

Games and Culture : A Journal of Interactive Media.

Garda, Maria B.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Publication

2021

Linkages Between Gameplay Preferences and Fondness for Game Music

International Conference on Entertainment Computing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer.

Vahlo, Jukka

Koskela, Oskari

Tuuri, Kai

Tissari, Heli

Publication

2021

Nothing : A Review

Humanity and Society.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Publication

2021

Nuorten liikuntakäyttäytyminen Suomessa : LIITU-tutkimuksen tuloksia 2020

Valtion liikuntaneuvoston julkaisuja. Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö; Valtion liikuntaneuvosto.

Kokko, Sami

Hämylä, Riikka

Martin, Leena

Rinta-Antila, Katja

Villberg, Jari

Simonsen, Nina

Husu, Pauliina

Jussila, Anne-Mari

Vasankari, Tommi

Ng, Kwok

Suomi, Kimmo

Tokola, Kari

Vähä-Ypyä, Henri

Mononen, Kaisu

Blomqvist, Minna

Koski, Pasi

Kyllönen, Miika

Laakso, Nina

Hirvensalo, Mirja

Polet, Juho

Laukkanen, Arto

Lintunen, Taru

Palomäki, Sanna

Lyyra, Nelli

Heikinaro-Johansson, Pilvikki

Kallio, Jouni

Hakonen, Harto

Tammelin, Tuija

Siekkinen, Kirsti

Rajala, Katja

Kämppi, Katariina

Meklin, Elina

Huotari, Pertti

Parkkari, Jari

Leppänen, Mari

Laine, Antti

Matilainen, Pertti

Paasio, Hanna

Roos, Eva

Asunta, Piritta

Lindeman, Anni

Rintala, Pauli

Salasuo, Mikko

Karhulahti, Matti

Koskimaa, Raine

Paakkari, Leena

Paakkari, Olli

Tynjälä, Jorma

Ojala, Kristiina

Välimaa, Raili

Publication

2021

Pelimusiikkiin kiinnittyneet maailmat : digitaalisten pelien merkitykset pelimusiikkimuistojen kautta tarkasteltuna

Musiikin suunta : musiikintutkimuksen aikakauslehti.

Tuuri, Kai

Koskela, Oskari

Tissari, Heli

Vahlo, Jukka

Publication

2021

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2021

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja. Pelitutkimuksen seura.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Friman, Usva

Koskimaa, Raine

Mäyrä, Frans

Sotamaa, Olli

Suominen, Jaakko

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2021

Punchline Behind the Hotspot : Structures of Humor, Puzzle, and Sexuality in Adventure Games (with Leisure Suit Larry in Several Wrong Places)

Journal of Popular Culture.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Bonello Rutter Giappone, Krista

Publication

2021

Split-Screen : Videogame History through Local Multiplayer Design

Design Issues.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Grabarczyk, Pawel

Publication

2021

Story beats in videogames as value-driven choice-based unit operations

Images : The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication.

Mochocki, Michał

Koskimaa, Raine

Publication

2021

Transmedia Literacy and Informal Learning Strategies among Finnish Teens

Media Education at the Top. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Koskimaa, Raine

Kerttula, Tero

Game Cultures Research Group

Research group description

An Ontological Reconstruction of Gaming Disorder: A Qualitative Meta-Phenomenological Foundation

GAMEHIGHED - Higher-ed programmes for careers in game design & development

Joint RDI front: Piloting the gaming and digital value network and building early stage financing instruments for companies in an expanded ecosystem

Research group

Group leaders

Members

Publications

Identifying the Impact of Game Music both Within and Beyond Gameplay

Johdanto : Fantasiasta

Let’s Play Tinder! : Aesthetics of a Dating App

Linkages Between Gameplay Preferences and Fondness for Game Music

Nothing : A Review

Nuorten liikuntakäyttäytyminen Suomessa : LIITU-tutkimuksen tuloksia 2020

Pelimusiikkiin kiinnittyneet maailmat : digitaalisten pelien merkitykset pelimusiikkimuistojen kautta tarkasteltuna

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2021

Punchline Behind the Hotspot : Structures of Humor, Puzzle, and Sexuality in Adventure Games (with Leisure Suit Larry in Several Wrong Places)

Split-Screen : Videogame History through Local Multiplayer Design

Story beats in videogames as value-driven choice-based unit operations

Transmedia Literacy and Informal Learning Strategies among Finnish Teens

Game Cultures Research Group

Research group description

Related projects

An Ontological Reconstruction of Gaming Disorder: A Qualitative Meta-Phenomenological Foundation

GAMEHIGHED - Higher-ed programmes for careers in game design & development

Joint RDI front: Piloting the gaming and digital value network and building early stage financing instruments for companies in an expanded ecosystem

Research group

Group leaders

Members

Publications