Hi, Cody. Sorry for not replying before. I had forgotten about this.
I haven’t read about the topic in a while (since 2005 maybe). Back then, there wasn’t something as I’m intending to propose. Right now, I must read all what has been written on the inner structure of video games, but a quick scan of titles led me to the research published by Alvarez & Djaouti as the closest to what I’ll work on. Espen shared some articles with me, indeed, but I’ve delayed the project as I’m still finishing two other projects I was working on before. So I still have to update my readings and check how will this project fit within the current scholarship. 😉