History Of Games Research Articles

Desert Bus: Abusive Game Design, The Martyrdom Effect, and Fan Activism on Twitch.tv

Desert Bus began as vaporware. A decade after it was initially shelved, it was rediscovered and became a way for gamers to show off their insider knowledge of rare and hard-to-find bits of gaming history. A few years later, its reputation for being one of the least fun video games ever made it the centerpiece of a long-running charity event. In this essay, I will conduct a textual analysis of Desert Bus and argue that the uniquely painful gaming experience that the game provides players makes it a perfect vehicle for charity streaming, providing both a sense of gamer authenticity and credibility to the Desert Bus for Hope event and an emotional incentive for viewers to give. This research stands to benefit scholars working on cult media, a field in which work on video games is relatively rare in comparison to work on television and film.

В.М. Голицын и А.М. Горький: история настольных игр

The article deals with newly founded letter from Vladimir Mikhailovich Golitsyn to Maxim Gorky from the section of children’s letters of A.M. Gorky Archive (IWL RAS). The letter was written on June 8, 1935 and was dedicated to historical games for Soviet children. It contains an approximate plan for a series of board games that were developed by V.M. Golitsyn. Historical games were not just entertainment and a pleasant pastime for Golitsyn, but an important element of teaching and raising children. Their goal was to arouse the interest of players in history, geography, literature, immersion in an interesting and exciting world of knowledge and adventure, the development of attention and memory. In the letter, Golitsyn expresses doubts and asks Gorky for advice. This letter was unknown to researchers of the artist and inventor. The article clarifies the history of Golitsyn’s strategic games “Pirates,” “Capture of Colonies,” “Rescue of Chelyuskinites,” “Runaways,” etc. The board game “Pirates” was approved by Gorky, it was played by A.A. Zhdanov, V.M. Molotov and L.M. Kaganovich, but because of bureaucratic and ideological obstacles, it was not published in a separate edition during the author’s lifetime, and most Soviet children did not know about this educational game. V.M. Golitsyn’s letter to Gorky and its appendix are published for the first time.

Vera Olivová: Historian and Time

The author of the article investigates the main stages of scientific activity of the famous Czech professor of history at Charles University in Prague Vera Olivová (1926–2015). This paper is based on the analysis of her publications. In the 1950s and 1960s Vera Olivová published a fundamental monograph on Czechoslovak-Soviet relations from 1918 to 1922 with a large appendix of documents, as well as a series of articles on the relations of the Czechoslovak Republic with neighbouring countries — Germany, Austria, Poland, and Hungary. Despite the fact that they were written in line with the Marxist-Leninist methodology that prevailed at that time in the historiography of socialist countries, it is due to the wealth of archival material being introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, and to the diversity and depth of research, these works by Olivová were an important contribution to the study of the history of the foreign policy of the Czechoslovak Republic and international relations in Central Europe. During the Prague Spring of 1968, she highlighted the key problems of the political and diplomatic history of Czechoslovakia from a new perspective, which was reflected in the book Czechoslovakia in a disrupted Europe, as well as various articles and reports presented at scientific conferences. After being dismissed from Charles University in 1970 and banned from teaching and conducting scientific work, Vera Olivová published several books on the history of sports and games, which brought her worldwide fame. After the “Velvet Revolution”, she returned to Charles University to teach and to continue her research on the history of Czechoslovakia. In 1991, she was elected chairman of the Edward Beneš Society and launched avid scholarly, organisational and publishing activities. The works of Vera Olivová are deeply imbued with loyalty to the democratic ideals of the founders of the Czechoslovak Republic — Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Edward Beneš.

Establishment of International Sports Arbitration System in China: Realistic Needs, Conditions and Specific Paths

Due to the lack of legislation on international sports arbitration institutions and arbitration rules in China, international sports arbitration activities usually lack direct legal support. However, as China successfully hosted the Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games successively, Beijing has become the only “Double Olympic City” in the history of the Olympic Games, contributing to the development of international sports arbitration. China has the experience in handling and resolving international sports disputes, and has a stronger motivation to promote and establish better international sports arbitration rules. In 2022, relevant Chinese institutions and organizations have successively passed the new Sports Law (Sports Law), Organizational Rules of the China Sports Arbitration Commission (Draft for Comment) (Organizational Rules) and Rules of Sports Arbitration (Draft for Comment) (Arbitration Rules), and the Chinese Sports Arbitration Rules. This is undoubtedly important progress in the integration of China’s sports arbitration rules with international rules, but it is still worthy of our in-depth consideration in terms of the required conditions, specific paths and supporting systems for the development of international sports arbitration in China.

Interactive Graphics and Gaming for Immersive Experiences

The combination of graphical user interfaces and video games has grown in importance as a means of providing truly immersive experiences for consumers. In order to provide consumers with a more interesting and participatory experience, developers have begun integrating hardware and software components to create immersive technologies and solutions. The article gives a brief history of interactive graphics and gaming, as well as a rundown of the necessary hardware and software for making immersive experiences. The benefits and drawbacks of these technology and tools are also covered, including issues like accessibility, ethics, and privacy. Finally, the ramifications of these technologies for culture and society, as well as the future of interactive graphics and games for immersive experiences, are discussed. We can develop immersive experiences that have a positive effect on society and culture if we challenge the status quo and find solutions to the problems that occur along the road.

Ойна як складник програми фізичної культури в Україні

This article covers the issue of experience exchange, usage of contemporary achievements in the sphere of Physical Education and sport among lecturers and coaches, and it is devoted to the team Romanian game – Ukrainian equivalent team game Gylka – Oina. The author of this article touches the history of creation Oina game, its development and comparison with other national team games where the ball and the bat are included. It is also mentioned about similarities between them and how they affect each other. While researching the historical background of investigation in European countries. In this article it was identified by the author that game Oina is a Romanian national inheritance. It is proved that Oina is available in usage game and at the same time effective tool in Physical education and in sport. In 1899 the first Oina Championship was held in Romania where the contestant teams consisted of senior pupils. It was proved by the author that contemporary game Oina is not the national sport any more it becomes an established kind of sport right now. The Oina tournaments are held not only in Romania but also in neighboring countries, in those countries Federation of Oina sport promotes the creation of public organizations, providing consultations, supporting with sport equipment, literature devoted to this sport, and inviting foreign teams to the competitions which are held on the territory of Romania. The author states and proves the advantages of game Oina, to fulfill the block of team games in Physical education program but also to fulfill the program for schools and it is mentioned that this game can become an integral component of Program of Physical Education and sport of Ukraine “Strategies of development of Physical Education and Sport to the period till 2028”.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Internet Gaming Disorder Under the COVID-19 Pandemic Among University Students in Macao.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the zero-tolerance policy implemented in Macao affected university students' life and learning styles. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of internet gaming disorder (IGD) and analyze its risk factors among university students of Macao amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Two hundred and twenty-nine university students were recruited by convenience sampling. The cross-sectional investigation was conducted using the 9-item Chinese version of the IGD Scale, the Chinese Version of the Self-Compassion Scale, and the Chinese version of the Brief Resilience Scale. The prevalence was 7.4%. Compared to Non-IGD gamers, the IGD gamers were more likely to be the older, male gender, with a longer gaming history, with more game hours per day in the last month, and with a lower self-compassion score and resilience. The prevalence of IGD increased. Students who are the older, male gender, with more gaming time, low self-compassion, and low resilience, have a high possibility of IGD.

THE POTRAYAL OF KING ARTHUR IN VIDEO GAMES FROM TRANSSTYLIZATION PERSPECTIVES: AN INTERTEXTUAL STUDY

Transstylization is a stylistic rewriting, a transposition whose main function is a change of style. It is concerned with the preparation of a text. A stylistic rewriting of a text can be applied by stylization or destylization. This research attempts to reveal what transstylization techniques are applied to the portrayal of King Arthur in video games, adapted from the book King Arthur Myth-Making and History, and how the transstylization generates losses and gains in the characterization of King Arthur. This study uses a qualitative method that allows the researcher to collect, analyze, and draw conclusions from the data, which are in the form of visualization, characteristics, names, and stories that are in accordance with the book. The data in this study were analyzed using Spradley’s technique of analysis. Transstylization by Gerard Genette and adaptation theory by Linda Hutcheon were applied to answer the problem in this research. From the seventy-six data found, it can be concluded that destylization is the dominant technique of transstylization applied to the portrayal of King Arthur in video games. This shows that the visualization, name, and story of King Arthur in this research have a different pattern from the book. This research also shows how transstylization causes losses and gains in the characterization of King Arthur in video games through Telling-Interacting. These findings enrich the knowledge about the transstylization of King Arthur from the book King Arthur Myth-Making and the history of video games.

ПОШУКИ ВЛАСНОЇ ІДЕНТИЧНОСТІ ЯК ПОСТМОДЕРНА ГРА У ТВОРЧОСТІ ШЕРМАНА АЛЕКСІ

The article is devoted to the analysis of the texts by Sherman Alexie, a writer of indigenous origin, who is known as an author who seeks to rewrite the history of the American continent with the help of irony. The purpose of the article is to determine the peculiarities of the interpretation of Native American humour since this phenomenon has played an important role in the survival of the Indigenous nations of North America. The task of the research is to find out the basis of ironic humour in the collections “The Toughest Indian in the World”, “The Lone Ranger”, and “Tonto Fistfighting in Heaven.” The research was conducted using historical-cultural, receptive-interpretive and structural methodological approaches. Humour and irony are presented even in the most tragic stories of Sherman Alexie. Thus he was destroying the stereotype of a red-skinned person with an impenetrable face. The writer repeatedly ridiculed various features of white culture. He seeks to seduce the reader with a historical game to get him/her confused in the labyrinth of historical events. Explaining the time chosen to describe the events, Sherman Alexie resorts to playing with many significant events of the 20th century. Although, they are only an allusion to the events of the Indigenous history of the creation of Indian reservation times. The dilemma faced by Alexie’s reader is an attempt to understand what exactly the author is trying to convey to him. Alexie is prone to self-reflection, so he is well aware of the reader’s problems in distinguishing between facts and fiction in his works. The writer densely decorates the texts with various allusions, which are difficult to recognize at first times. The most shocking is his attempt to argue his ideas, which are provocative and frank. He frequently uses semantic speculations around the idea of “Indianness” in the modern world. With his works, the writer challenges the restrictions imposed by the Western paradigm on representatives of indigenous peoples through specific methodologies inherent in the Western European worldview, which is actively imposed by the value system of mainstream society. Conclusion. The system of imposed rules in Alexie’s texts creates a specific game space, and models reality, supplementing it with tense emotional components. In the process of the postmodern game, a “different view” emerges, which deprives the aura of sacredness in the customary ideology for the mainstream consciousness, paradoxically reproducing cultural stereotypes with their “game” reinterpretation. His play is a sphere of emotional communication between the writer and readers. Thanks to emotional symbols that refer to the historical realities of the past and partly to the presence of Native Americans the author conveys the feeling of humiliation and restlessness. Thereby striving to free the consciousness of the average American from the stereotypes of oppression in understanding Indigenous history and culture. Alexie’s pastiche is devoid of positive content and aims to re-read the history of the United States as an unpredictable narrative, which explains the writer’s desire to reinterpret the events of the 20th century as an image of late capitalism. The postcolonial discourse of Sherman Alexie’s works stimulates a wave of resistance among indigenous readers not so much because of a new attempt to create a literary image of a culture that was once part of their colonial periphery. The writer’s protests attempt to introduce the idea that colonialism is over.

Inception of the ‘cult’ of ball game ‘stars’ in Hellenistic Athenes

Absract. Nowadays ball games are the most popular types of sport in the world including Russia. This fact contrasts sharply with the almost total absence of research in the field of ancient Greek ball games in Russian historical science. The aim of this article is to fill that gap at least on a small scale. The history of Greek ball games in the Hellenistic period is especially interesting because of the rise of their significance at that time. Τhe method of historicism and the comparative method are applied in this article. The most important sources for our article are the fragments of Athenaios’ Deipnosophistai (I, 26, 34) related to playing ball in Hellenistic times. We reconsidered the fragment by Damoxenus, the 3rd century BC writer of comedies, quoted by Athenaeus and usually interpreted as devoted to homosexual feelings. In our view it rather reflects a rapture of Athenian fans over a ball-player’s skill. However, the dramatist hyperbolizes this rapture in order to make it more comical. We correlate this fragment of Damoxenus with Athenaeus’ mention of significant honors (including granting of citizenship) given by Athenes to Aristonicus, Alexander the Great’s coach in ball games. Those honors are also reflected in the extant Athenian decree honoring Aristonicus. The talented ball-players became popular in the Hellenistic period possibly because at that time popularity was won by the idea that playing ball is useful for the military training. However conservators, continuing to regard ball games as mere entertainment (as it had been typical in the Classical period) could probably still exist, and Damoxenus’ mockery at the rapture over talent in ball game may reflect their views.

When Everyone Wins: Dialogue, Play, and Black History for Critical Games Education

In this article, we reflect on the process and outcomes of using dialogue, play, and a focus on Black women’s history to support critical media literacy in game design education. Over three years we developed a dialogue-based introductory undergraduate course in the game design program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute intended to deepen engagement by students in game design practice. We specifically focused on critical approaches to explore the history and culture of games, utilizing dialogic pedagogy to develop transformative learning environments rooted in social justice education, and helped students develop skills for intercultural dialogue and communicating “across difference.” The dialogue experience created a powerful learning environment that resulted in higher quality and more critical student game design work. This was evident in the 2019 iteration of the course, which included two sections of students and in which we had a semester-long group project on the history of Harriet Tubman, culminating in a selection of student games being shown at a local gallery in an exhibition celebrating Tubman’s legacy. The Tubman project was liberatory not only for students, but also instructors, as we learned together how to navigate discomfort and gain a more critical understanding of the material realities of white supremacy in games, self, and each other. This article shares details from the design and methodology of our course, outcomes as evidenced by student work, survey responses, and instructor observations, and concludes with reflections on areas for further research and opportunities for other educators to incorporate new methods in design education.

Playing with Phantoms: Decoding the Ludic Language of Metal Gear Solid V

Playing with Phantoms: Decoding the Ludic Language of <i>Metal Gear Solid V</i>

STILL PLAYING WITH THE PAST: HISTORY, HISTORIANS, AND DIGITAL GAMES

ABSTRACTPlaying with the Past: Digital Games and the Simulation of History, edited by Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Andrew B. R. Elliott, was a significant publication in the establishment of historical (digital) game studies, a field that has since continued to grow. This review essay notes some of the key interventions made by the edited collection and its scope in accounting for the complexities of digital historical games. It also reflects on what the book represented at the early stages of the discipline and the ways in which scholarly approaches have developed (or not) in the decade since its publication. In doing so, it focuses on several key areas that arose in Playing with the Past and have remained central to historical game studies. In particular, this essay examines questions of digital games’ relationship to “professional,” written history; whether games can (or need to) teach their players about the past; and the troublesome reoccurrence of and reliance on certain difficult terms, such as “historical accuracy” and “historical authenticity.” This essay argues that all three of these fundamental aspects of our current approaches to historical game studies require further criticality to build on the foundational work of Playing with the Past as well as the vital work published in the field over the last decade.

Brian D. Bunk. From Football to Soccer: The Early History of the Beautiful Game in the United States.

Brian D. Bunk. <i>From Football to Soccer: The Early History of the Beautiful Game in the United States</i>.

Pengaruh Media Linimasa Sejarah Card Game terhadap Minat Belajar Sejarah Siswa di SMAN 2 Kota Binjai Sumatera Utara

This research was motivated by the low interest in learning students in history subjects in class XI IS at SMAN 2 Binjai City, North Sumatra. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of card game history timeline media on the interest in learning history of class XI IS students at SMAN 2 Binjai City, North Sumatra and the magnitude of the influence of Card Game History Timeline media on the interest in learning history of class XI IS students at SMAN 2 Binjai City, North Sumatra. This research uses a quantitative approach with a type of true experimental design research using posttest-only control design. The population in this study was all class XI IS students at SMAN 2 Binjai City which amounted to 4 classes and the sample used in this study was class XI IS 3 as a control class consisting of 20 students and class XI IS 4 as an experimental class consisting of 20 students. Sampling technique using simple random sampling. The data collection technique in this study used observation, documentation, and questionnaire provision. Based on the results of the study, it is known that the results of the hypothesis test used a t-test and obtained a calculated value = 1.40, while ttabel = 1.31 at a significant level (α = 0.05) while dk = 38 was 1.31 with the criteria Ha accepted.

Re-Live History: An immersive virtual reality learning experience of prehistoric intangible cultural heritage

The use of immersive virtual reality for learning is a growing opportunity that has so far suffered from limited application in the classroom, particularly with students in the 11 to 12 year bracket. Due to more concern being shown toward usability rather educational goals, mixed feelings exist about the technology’s ability to teach. Meanwhile, historical games usually have fun as the main or sole objective, which may cause problems by diminishing the value of the depicted cultural heritage and supersede the intended learning outcomes of the experience. This research aims to contribute toward this gap by working closely with teachers in developing an immersive virtual reality learning experience to teach prehistoric intangible cultural heritage to history students aged 11 to 12 years. The research question of this study is how to go about designing an immersive learning experience for secondary school teachers to teach 11 to 12 year old students about prehistoric cultural heritage on which very little documented evidence is available. To this end, the Re-Live History project was built upon a virtual reality navigation experience of a Maltese Neolithic hypogeum, adding a representation of intangible cultural heritage in the form of human behavior. A content requirement study from heritage experts’ perspective was carried out, followed by a similar study from the history teachers’ perspective. These provided which learning outcomes can be potentially addressed by the immersive learning experience, what form of intangible cultural heritage can be represented, and what success criteria were to be used for its evaluation. A prototype of the experience was then developed and reviewed by the heritage experts and subsequently developed into the experience evaluated by teachers and heads of department. Evaluation was carried out in terms of authenticity relative to the historic site, ease of navigation, impact in terms of achievable learning outcomes, and utility in the classroom. This ensured that educational objectives were given priority and should help teachers embrace and adopt the technology in the classroom. Future work should pilot the use of the IVR in the classroom and provide further empirical evidence to its ability to help such students achieve the learning outcomes expected by the syllabus.

International Journal of Role-playing 12 -- Full Issue -- IJRP

IJRP 12: Full Issue&#x0D; Table of Contents&#x0D; William J. White, Evan Torner, and Sarah Lynne Bowman,“Editorial: The Social Epistemology of Analog Role-Playing Game Studies”&#x0D; Reflections on the interdisciplinary and heterogeneous nature of role-playing games studies, as evident in the five uniquely distinct articles in Issue 12.&#x0D; Tadeu Rodrigues Iuama and Luiz Falcão, “Analog Role-Playing Game Studies: A Brazilian Overview”&#x0D; An overview of the history of role-playing games and their respective game communities in Brazil, as well as the development of role-playing game study scholarship, including research on RPGs in education.&#x0D; Marissa Baker, “An Analysis of the Literature Surrounding the Intersection of Role-Playing Games, Race, and Identity”&#x0D; A review and examination of a body of multidisciplinary scholarship on representation and race in fantasy RPGs such as Dungeons &amp; Dragons and World of Warcraft.&#x0D; Pascal Martinolli, “A Scholarly Character Sheet to Frame Learning Activities and Improve Engagement”&#x0D; An evaluation of the use of role-playing game inspired character sheets in a graduate seminar on library instruction to assess the participants’ knowledge, present the curriculum, and measure the their progress.&#x0D; Hanne Grasmo and Jaakko Stenros, “Nordic Erotic Larp: Designing for Sexual Playfulness”&#x0D; Mapping, organizing, and understanding the phenomena of erotic larp design through a systemic examination of 25 design abstracts of Nordic art larps from the last decade.&#x0D; Christian Mehrstam, “Recomposing Lovecraft: Genre Emulation asAutopoiesis in the First Edition of Call of Cthulhu”&#x0D; An examination of how genre is emulated in the first edition of Call of Cthulhu (1981), analyzing the game’s potential to answer social needs during the Reagan era.

Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality by Melanie Swalwell (review).

Reviewed by: Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality by Melanie Swalwell Anne Ladyem McDivitt (bio) Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality By Melanie Swalwell. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2021. Pp. 256. In Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality, Melanie Swalwell sheds light on homebrew microcomputer game development in New Zealand and Australia in the 1980s, providing important insight into two topics that are typically outside the margins of video game studies. Swalwell argues that homebrew programmers engaged with their microcomputers as both consumers and producers, and this production of homebrew video games by users is the beginning of when digitality became a part of everyday life. Further, Swalwell states that this history is significant because of its inflection on the present. This study analyzes, recalls, and evaluates how everyday users engaged with home computing when it was new. The focus is on creators of games, even if they were not well-known or making very successful or influential games. Swalwell's attention to homebrew development instead tells the stories [End Page 1212] of those who made and learned gaming through their own tinkering with microcomputers. This provides a unique look into video game history and microcomputer usage. The author juxtaposes this work with many existing video game histories that focus primarily on home consoles and arcade games, as well as two scholars, Frank Veraart and Graeme Kirkpatrick, who have written about microcomputer usage in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, respectively. Swalwell looks to fill a gap on microcomputer usage and creation, as well as to disagree with Veraart and Kirkpatrick about the idea of a decline in microcomputer programming in the 1980s. The book shines when Swalwell expertly weaves in engaging anecdotes that provide insight into the microcomputer interests of ordinary people, demonstrating how people came to work with microcomputers and how some of them made small commercial businesses with their games. Some humor is thrown in, such as the anecdote of Ross Symons publishing programming books that taught his teachers how to code and then getting rewarded with a B in his computer science class. There are moments where the narrative leans heavily into the theoretical underpinnings Swalwell utilizes, and this can sometimes throw the reader off the track of the argument being made. Because of this, the book would be a difficult one to assign to undergraduates or for scholars new to the history of technology. This work is significant to the history of video games, but the broader relevance of the topic is somewhat limited for scholars of the history of technology. Sometimes the reader might question the overall goal of the book, as well as what the author means by "vernacular digitality." There is a fantastic section in Chapter 5 that addresses both, and it would have been helpful for the reader to have this appear earlier in the book. There is also a significant amount of signposting that points to other chapters throughout the book, which can be positive or negative depending on the reader. Swalwell mentions the releases of the Sega Mega Drive and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in context with microcomputing and changes to the gaming environment. There is either an error with the release dates on these systems, or it is unclear that we are looking ahead to the end of the 1980s and/or into the next decade (p. 115). For those familiar with video game history, this can be confusing and distracting. The analysis of homebrew game development as a cultural production on a microlevel is well argued and supported through archival sources, personal documents from homebrew developers, and interviews. It creates an engaging narrative about the period and style of game development. This ties into modern indie development, as well as the continued creation of games on microcomputers after the '80s, which Swalwell argues brings past development into relation with present and future gaming. [End Page 1213] Swalwell's focus on the homebrew creators in Australia and New Zealand is a fantastic contribution to the history of video games that focuses on users as creators. It is sure to be a model for those looking at engagement with video games beyond...

Playing with history in World of Tanks: Negotiated readings, historical realism and cultural memory

This study focuses on United States-based players of World of Tanks, a historical battle arena game that features many playable tanks based on their actual historical origins, mostly from the World War II and postwar eras. Through a partnership with the game’s developer Wargaming.net, we conducted interviews with 20 players of World of Tanks who indicated that they are interested in history generally or military history specifically. Our findings indicate that playing World of Tanks is one dimension of a broader spectrum of interacting with history as a kind of leisure activity. Players put history in service of their own interests and recreational enjoyment, while acknowledging that historical accuracy is a moving target that must be balanced with elements that shape gameplay structure, competitive potential, and player agency. This study contributes to scholarship on the experiences and motivations of people who play historical games, situates interest in historical games within a broader array of history-related leisure, offers insights for historical game developers interested in players’ cultural and social context, and notes the limitations of games to teach about the past.

Materializing the abstract: Understanding AI by game jamming

In this article, we argue that game jam formats are uniquely suited to engage participants in learning about artificial intelligence (AI) as a design material because of four factors which are characteristic of game jams: 1) Game jams provide an opportunity for hands-on, interactive prototyping, 2) Game jams encourage playful participation, 3) Game jams encourage creative combinations of AI and game development, and 4) Game jams offer understandable goals and evaluation metrics for AI. We support the argument with an interview study conducted with three AI experts who had all organized game jams with a focus on using AI in game development. Based on a thematic analysis of the expert interviews and a theoretical background of Schön's work on educating the reflective practitioner, we identified the four abovementioned factors as well as four recommendations for structuring and planning an AI-focused game jam: 1) Aligning repertoires, 2) Supporting playful participation, 3) Supporting ideation, and 4) Facilitating evaluation and reflection. Our contribution is motivated by the recent discourse on general challenges and recommendations of teaching AI identified by related literature, here under the long and intertwined history of games and AI in general. The article presents an initial discussion of the value of game jam formats for learning about AI and which factors need to be considered in regard to this specific learning goal.