Existential Transformational Game Design: Harnessing the “Psychomagic” of Symbolic Enactment [PDF]
This paper explores indexical symbolic enactment as a way to promote authenticity and inner balance through digital games. Drawing on research from cognitive anthropology, neurobiology, and psychology, the following presents an argument for why and how ...
Doris C. Rusch +2 more
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Immersive virtual reality health games: a narrative review of game design. [PDF]
High quality head-mounted display based virtual reality (HMD-VR) has become widely available, spurring greater development of HMD-VR health games. As a behavior change approach, these applications use HMD-VR and game-based formats to support long-term ...
Tao G +4 more
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ChatGPT and Other Large Language Models as Evolutionary Engines for Online Interactive Collaborative Game Design [PDF]
Large language models (LLMs) have taken the scientific world by storm, changing the landscape of natural language processing and human-computer interaction. These powerful tools can answer complex questions and, surprisingly, perform challenging creative
P. Lanzi, D. Loiacono
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Serious Game Design and Clinical Improvement in Physical Rehabilitation: Systematic Review.
Background Serious video games have now been used and assessed in clinical protocols, with several studies reporting patient improvement and engagement with this type of therapy.
Vieira C +3 more
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Effectiveness of digital educational game and game design in STEM learning: a meta-analytic review
Digital educational games exhibit substantial promise in advancing STEM education. Nevertheless, the empirical evidence on both the efficacy of digital game-based learning and its designs in STEM education is characterized by notable inconsistencies ...
Yang Gui +5 more
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Video Game Design for Learning to Learn
Over the past 20 years, the proposal that immersive media, such as video games, can be leveraged to enhance brain plasticity and learning has been put to the test. This expanding literature highlights the extraordinary power of video games as a potential
A. Pasqualotto +3 more
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Sense of presence is a widely assessed dimension of video game player experience. A systematic literature review and a meta-analysis were conducted to provide a more comprehensive view of the elements of game design that have an effect on the sense of ...
Loïc Caroux
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Understanding Bitcoin Price Prediction Trends under Various Hyperparameter Configurations
Since bitcoin has gained recognition as a valuable asset, researchers have begun to use machine learning to predict bitcoin price. However, because of the impractical cost of hyperparameter optimization, it is greatly challenging to make accurate ...
Jun-Ho Kim, Hanul Sung
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The Ethics of Multiplayer Game Design and Community Management: Industry Perspectives and Challenges
Game industry professionals are frequently implementing new methods of addressing ethical issues related to in-game toxicity and disruptive player behaviours associated with online multiplayer games.
Lucy A. Sparrow, M. Gibbs, M. Arnold
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Understanding the User Experience of AI Through the Lens of Game Studies
In recent years, video games have arisen as a frontier for Artificial Intelligence (AI), with game developers making extensive use of AI technologies in their games.
Henrik Warpefelt, Magnus Johansson
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