A1 Journal article (refereed)
Split-Screen : Videogame History through Local Multiplayer Design (2021)

Karhulahti, V.-M., & Grabarczyk, P. (2021). Split-Screen : Videogame History through Local Multiplayer Design. Design Issues, 37(2), 32-44. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00634

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Karhulahti, Veli-Matti; Grabarczyk, Pawel

Journal or series: Design Issues

ISSN: 0747-9360

eISSN: 1531-4790

Publication year: 2021

Volume: 37

Issue number: 2

Pages range: 32-44

Publisher: MIT Press

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00634

Persistent website address: https://direct.mit.edu/desi/article/37/2/32/99079/Split-Screen-Videogame-History-Through-Local

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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/68852

Abstract

By looking at videogame production through a two-vector model of design—a practice determined by the interplay between economic and technological evolution—we argue that shared screen play, as both collaboration and competition, originally functioned as a desirable pattern in videogame design, but has since become problematic due to industry transformations. This is introduced as an example of what we call design vestigiality: momentary loss of a design pattern's contextual function due to techno-economical evolution.

Keywords: video games; game culture; games; game design; production; history; evolution theory

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Reporting Year: 2021

JUFO rating: 3