Ludology

Origin

From the Latin ludus ("game") + -ology.

Full definition of ludology

Noun

1. The study of games and other forms of play.
• 2009, Amelia Sanz, Literatures in the Digital Era: Theory and Praxis, It also included Gonzalo Frasca's paper, “Ludologists Love Stories Too: Notes from a Debate that Never Took Place”, in which he comes out in defence of ludology and rejects the most extreme critiques by arguing that ludology's raison d'être is not at all to reject stories, but to focus on games.

Related terms

• ludological
• ludologist
• ludography