...J. Tuomas Harviainen; Miikka J. Lehtonen; Sören Kock Purpose This article aims to examine instances of timeliness and temporality in information sharing conducted by members of the Finnish game design community. By doing so, it provides new knowledge into the ways in which organizational...

...J. Tuomas Harviainen; Amon Rapp Purpose The purpose of this paper is to expand the research of games as information systems. It illustrates how significant parts of massively multiplayer online role-playing function like information retrieval from a library database system. Design/methodology...

...J. Tuomas Harviainen; Juho Hamari Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the ways in which information acts as a commodity in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), and how players pay for items and services with information practices. Design/methodology...