Super Synthesis Pros., or Why CHI PLAY Needs Research Synthesis
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Argues that games user research needs coordinated research synthesis now, giving three concrete motivations: validate the field via meta‑scholarship, improve education by teaching synthesis and replication, and standardize community structures and protocols. Recommends adapting established tools—PRISMA, SPIDER, ROSES—and adopting phenomenon registration, a community resource hub and tutorial/sandbox workflows to replicate syntheses, with the goal of reducing redundant novelty and producing cumulative, reproducible findings.
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