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PhD candidate


                 Lecturer and tutor
Daniel Golding
                 Writer


                 Came through Access program
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts

   Honours
Bachelor of Arts

   Honours

     PhD
The exotic

The cash

The ugly
Why study videogames?
What do we know about gamers?
Context
Context




Source: Digital Australia Report 2012 (Bond University)
Who plays games?

93%          of households


      63% of which have a console



32      is the average age of an
            Australian gamer

                                   Context
and they have been playing for
more than
          12     years




47% female             53% male
              Source: Digital Australia Report 2012 (Bond University)
Who plays games?                                      How much are they
                                                           worth?
93%          of households

                                             $1.7 billion
      63% of which have a console
                                                                in Australia in 2010


32      is the average age of an
            Australian gamer                          US$75 billion
                                   Context              globally
and they have been playing for
more than
          12     years
                                            more than the music and film industries
                                                          combined


                                          Avatar took $2.7 billion at the box office
                                                             but
                                            World of Warcraft has made +$1 billion
47% female             53% male                     every year since 2004

              Source: Digital Australia Report 2012 (Bond University)
What do we know about games?
Can we even define
what a videogame
       is?
Narratives
Narrative

start               finish
Narrative

start                   finish
         Story ≠ plot
Narrative

start                                    finish
                 Story ≠ plot



        intro                   climax
                 exposition
                                 denouement
Narrative

start                                    finish
                  Story ≠ plot



        climax                   intro
                  exposition
                                  denouement
the magic circle
Why study videogames?

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