User-Centric Studies in Game Translation and Accessibility

Auteur

Miköaj Deckert is an Associate Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Lodz, Poland.

Krzysztof W. Hejduk is a PhD candidate at the Doctoral School of Humanities, University of Lodz, Poland.

Texte du rabat

This innovative collection makes the case for a push within the discipline to adopt user-centric perspectives on translated video games and their corresponding accessibility features.

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Contents

List of Contributors

1. Introduction: A call for user-centric game translation and accessibility studies

Miköaj Deckert & Krzysztof Hejduk

Part 1: Prospects and challenges

2. The problems with the current taxonomies and definitions used in games studies and possible solutions: terminological unravelling for use in quantitative research on games, gamers and players.

Ugo Ellefsen & Valérie Florentin

3. Exploring research avenues in user-centric studies for minority languages

Itziar Zorrakin-Goikoetxea

4. Eye Tracking in Video Game Localization Player-centric Studies

Dominik Kud a

5. Accessibility as Game Culturalisation

Paul Cairns, Christopher Power & Jen Beeston

Part 2: User-centric studies

6. Unveiling Nuances of Streaming Localized Video Games: The Case of Iranian Gameplay Streams

Saeed Ameri

7. Arabic Mobile Game Localizations: Gamer Profiles, Preferences, and Implications for an Immersive Gaming Experience

Mohammed Al-Batineh

8. Persons with Visual Disabilities Play Too: Gaming Habits and Preferences

María Eugenia Larreina-Morales & Carme Mangiron

9. Assessing personality traits and localisation testing skills through game-based decision-making and error detection

Index