Games specific study

This research and the thesis that it became would not exist without a huge number of people – without their support, nudging and outright help I could not have done any of this. Specifically, thanks to my supervisory team Emma Witkowski and Matthew Riley who guided, poked and shaped so much of my thinking and writing into something that made sense – and said something. To GOATi Entertainment, Garth, Fotini and Brooke who without their kindness in letting me help, talk, and watch how they made games none of this would have existed – I cannot thank you all enough.

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Let’s Play videos are the practice whereby a videogame player records their experience to share with a future audience. They are an emergent form of cultural activity that has been relatively overlooked within the field of game studies. This thesis seeks to ask: how can access to videogame play moments (and performativity) provide insights into the understanding the dynamics of videogame play experience? This thesis approaches Let’s Play videos as a way in which to expand our understandings of videogame research.

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