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Well Played 4.2 – Learning and Games
Well Played: volume 4 number 2 Stephen Jacobs and Ira Fay et al. 2015 Medulla: A 2D sidescrolling platformer game that teaches basic brain structure and functionJoseph Fanfarelli, Stephanie Vie...
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I am enthralled by the reddit thread on “What is the worst thing you’ve ever done in The Sims series?” One time I killed a sim by drowning. Then I made everyone show up to his funeral in swimwear. *...
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Katherine Isbister: How Games Move Us
Set for launch in February 2016, we are proud to present the fifth book of the Playful Thinking Series. Katherine Isbister’s How games Move Us: Emotion by Design is an examination of how video game...
View ArticleFutures: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research issue 8, 2
For your theory itch: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research issue 8, 2. This issue presents six papers each reflecting on one angle to the future of virtual worlds: Four concrete views relating to: bots,...
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For your analog interests, here is Volume II, Issue VII of Analog Game studies. Manipulating Environments in American Freeform – Jason Cox Playing With Portals: Rethinking Urban Play With Ingress –...
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The Chess set where Form follows Function
When discussing rules and fiction in games, I invariably show a picture of the beautiful Bauhaus chess set, where the superfluous ornamentation and fiction of the standard chess set has given way to...
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Call for Papers: Journal of the Philosophy of Games
CFP: Journal of the Philosophy of Games The Journal of the Philosophy of Games (JPG) welcomes papers for the inaugural issue. JPG is an open-access publication hosted by the University of Oslo, Norway....
View ArticleLoading journal 9/14: Game Studies In Media Res
For your very real, theoretical pleasure: Special Issue: Game Studies In Media Res A Special Issue of Loading brought to you by University of Waterloo guest editors, Gerald Voorhees, Michael Hancock...
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The Consoles that wouldn’t die
Remember when the current console generation was being launched, and there was a widespread idea, also shared by me, that the PS4, Xbox One and Wii U were going to fail in the face of tablets, mobile...
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Apply for the Game Art, Design and Development MA at KADK in Copenhagen
Feel free to share: I am now head of the Game Art, Design and Development master’s program at KADK in Copenhagen. Application deadline for the 2016-2018 class is March 1st. Please join us! MA in Game...
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