This study focuses on people's personal experiences on (digital) gaming. Please answer freely to the following questions by writing a sort essay. You can answer to several questions together or concentrate on a certain theme, which can also be something else than mentioned on the following list:

• When and how did you meet digital games/gaming at the first place? How old were you then?
• When did you play arcade/console/tv/handheld/video/computer games at the first time? How old were you? From where did you get information on gaming?
• Did you like to play other than digital games (board games etc.)? Is the playing of digital games been influenced on your relationship with other games? Have you, for instance, stopped to play other games?
• What kinds of games you liked to play (digital and other)?
• What sorts of gaming gears do you remember?
• Did you play games usually by yourself or with somebody else (who?)
• Have your relatives or friends ever commented on your gaming?
• Have you programmed or designed games by yourself?
• Do you remember some funny or otherwise interesting stories about gaming happened to yourself or somebody else?
• How has your gaming changed during the past years, if you think for example themes mentioned in the previous questions?

The stories submitted to this query will be used confidently and may be utilized in academic research and analyses at the University of Turku, School of Cultural Production and Landscape Studies. If you have something to ask considering this study, please contact professor Jaakko Suominen (firstname.lastname@utu.fi).