Espen J. Aarseth (born 1965) is a Norwegian academic specializing in the fields of video game studies and electronic literature.[1] Aarseth completed his doctorate at the University of Bergen. He co-founded the Department of Humanistic Informatics[2] at the University of Bergen, and worked there until 2003, at which time he was a full professor.
He is currently a full professor and Head of the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen,[3][4][5] and principal investigator of a €2 million ERC Advanced grant for the project Making Sense of Games.[6] Aarseth is also the Editor in Chief of Game Studies,[7] the oldest peer-reviewed journal in the field of game studies, and member of the advisory board of G|A|M|E,[8] a journal of comparative videogame analysis.
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^http://gamestudies.org/1103/ed_board Editorial Board for the Game Studies journal
^http://www.gamejournal.it/about/editorial-board/ Editorial Board for the G|A|M|E journal
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Arpanet as document sharing, where speed of access was put before what EspenAarseth calls the aporia of links. In short, he asks, is nonlinearity and disruption...
the World of Competitive Scrabble. Random House. ISBN 9780224060615. Aarseth, Espen (2014). "Ontology". In Wolf, Mark J.P.; Perron, Bernard (eds.). The...
between game and narrative". www.jesperjuul.net. Retrieved 2018-03-30. Aarseth, Espen (2001). "Computer Game Studies, Year One". Game Studies. 1 (1). Konzack...
of its rules, interface, and the concept of play that it deploys. Espen J. Aarseth argues that, although games certainly have plots, characters, and aspects...
with great artists and writers who believe in the creative process. Aarseth, Espen (2013-10-04). "The field of Humanistic Informatics and its relation...
dagsavisen.no (in Norwegian). 30 March 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2020. Aarseth, Oda (19 April 2019). "Ari Behn selger malerier for millioner". Nettavisen...
"Blackthorn" Ruch of Stigma Diabolicum/Thorns and Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth of Mayhem, in which guitarists played full chords using all the strings...
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 26. ISBN 0773517111. Aarseth, Espen; Günzel, Stephan (2019). Ludotopia: Spaces, Places and Territories in...
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