Cowboys, ankle sprains, and keepers of quality: How is video game development different from software development?

摘要

Occasionally, when reviewing a really bad paper, I will point out that its only redeeming value is that it can be used as a bad example in a research methods class. So, to be fair, when a really good paper comes along, I should point out that it can be used as an example of good research in such a class. This paper falls into that second category. It is an ethnographic study of video game developers, which attempts to discover if there are differences in software development approaches between video game developers and more traditional software engineering.