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An enjoyment metric for the evaluation of alternate reality games [PDF]

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Foundations of Digital Games, 2011
Alternate Reality Games layer a fictional world over the real world in order to provide players with a location-based interactive narrative experience. Building off previous work on game flow and enjoyment metrics in games, we present a metric based on the key elements that empirical studies suggest make for enjoyable ARG gameplay.
Andrew Peter Macvean, Mark O. Riedl
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L’expérience de l’espace dans les jeux vidéo et les récits numériques

Cahiers de Narratologie, 2014
This article studies two conceptions of space in digital media: the first based on an emotional relation to space, and the second on a strategic relation.
Marie-Laure Ryan
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Evaluating enjoyment within alternate reality games [PDF]

Proceedings of the 2011 ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Video Games, 2011
Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) are interactive narrative experiences which use the real world as the platform of the game. By bringing play out into the real world, ARGs provide players with an opportunity to enjoy both the gameplay, and benefit from the rich social experiences and physical activity which come synonymously with the genre.
Andrew Peter Macvean, Mark O. Riedl
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Alternate Reality Games: Transmedia Aesthetics and Other Virtualities

Théorème
This dialogue explores the form of alternate reality games (ARGs) alongside forms such as experimental video games, media performance, virtual reality, augmented reality, and public art.
Marc Downie, Patrick Jagoda
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The Malthusian Paradox: performance in an alternate reality game [PDF]

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2014
The Malthusian Paradox is a transmedia alternate reality game (ARG) created by artists Dominic Shaw and Adam Sporne played by 300 participants over three months. We explore the design of the game, which cast players as agents of a radical organisation attempting to uncover the truth behind a kidnapping and a sinister biotech corporation, and highlight ...
Elizabeth Evans, Martin Flintham, Sarah Martindale   +2 more
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Collaborative virtual gaming worlds in higher education

Research in Learning Technology, 2008
There is growing interest in the use of virtual gaming worlds in education, supported by the increased use of multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) for collaborative learning.
Nicola Whitton, Paul Hollins
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An epithelial GPR35 isoform supports tumor‐associated transcriptional and metabolic phenotypes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
GPR35 generates two functionally distinct isoforms with previously unresolved roles. GPR35‐short mediates immune‐cell chemotaxis, while GPR35‐long is enriched in colorectal cancer epithelium, where it supports increased metabolism, proliferation, and tumor‐associated transcriptional programs.
Jørgen D. Rønneberg, Martine Hjeltnes, Josephine Krieger, Joshua E. Elias, Maria Stensland, Kristian Holm, Xiaojun Jiang, Chuki Khangsar, Tuula A. Nyman, Arthur Kaser, Johannes R. Hov, Tom H. Karlsen, Nicole C. Kaneider, Frode L. Jahnsen, Georg Schneditz   +14 more
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Translophagy—A potential link between autophagy impairment and translational errors

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterised by the accumulation of abnormal proteins and protein aggregates, but their origin often remains unknown. We propose that selective autophagy removes damaged protein‐making machinery, preventing errors during protein synthesis.
Mykola V. Korolchuk, Gailing Ma, Robin Antrobus, Diego Manni, Marco Trevisan‐Herraz, Mustafa Khwaja, Max Brown, Gavin D. Richardson, Masaaki Komatsu, Daniel Erskine, Viktor I. Korolchuk, Tetsushi Kataura   +11 more
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Bull in a china shop: Alternate reality games and transgressive fan play in social media franchises

Transformative Works and Cultures, 2014
In this article I examine the role of fan ARGs in Lonelygirl15 (LG15), a video blog that became one of the first social media franchises of YouTube. Eager to explore the narrative possibilities of Internet technologies, its creators set out to provide ...
Burcu S. Bakioğlu
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MITF maintains genome stability in nonmelanocyte lineages

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
MITF is essential for melanocyte survival and acts as an oncogene in 10%–20% of melanomas. We show that MITF depletion causes genome instability in nonmelanocytic cells, leading to LATS2‐mediated P53 activation, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. This study highlights the role of MITF as a genome maintenance factor beyond the melanocyte lineage. Created
Drifa H. Gudmundsdottir, Adrián López García de Lomana, Thejus B. Venkatesh, Kritika Kirty, Snaevar Sigurdsson, Linda Vidarsdottir, Ramile Dilshat, Erla Sveinbjornsdottir, Snaedis Ragnarsdottir, Daniel H Magnusson, Maria R. Bustos, Eirikur Steingrimsson, Thorkell Gudjonsson, Stefan Sigurdsson   +13 more
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