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Reflections on ludification:Approaching a conceptual framework – and discussing inherent challenges [PDF]
International Journal of Serious Games, 2021 This article discusses the relatively new concept of ludification with the attempt of laying the theoretical groundwork for further studies. Although ludification ties in with both gamification and the concept and practice of transmedia it possesses ...
Larsen, Lasse Juel, Walther, Bo Kampmann
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Play and Gameful Movies: Ludification of Modern Cinema [PDF]
Games and Culture, 2017 The aim of this article is to advance a conceptual framework of ludification by separating out current thinking to incorporate two noninteractive cinematic areas—playful aesthetics and gameful narratives.
Larsen, Lasse Juel
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Alibis for Adult Play: A Goffmanian Account of Escaping Embarrassment in Adult Play. [PDF]
Games Cult, 2018 The social meanings of play sit at odds with norms of responsible and productive adult conduct. To be ‘caught’ playing as an adult therefore risks embarrassment. Still, many designers want to create enjoyable, non-embarrassing play experiences for adults.
Deterding S.
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Blacksad: Under the Skin. Transmedia and Ludification as Cultural Experience
Revista de Comunicación, 2021 Media convergence and transmediality have led fictional worlds originally developed in graphic novels to be expanded in more recent media such as video games, where environments and characters become playable and where storytelling elements intertwine with game mechanics and rules.
Marta Fernández Ruiz +1 more
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A Game of COVID. Ludification as a Way to Make Sense of a Pandemic
, 2020 Many aspects of handling the COVID-19 pandemic bear a resemblance to patterns found in games. We observe point displays and leader boards, the visible assumption of roles, classic archetypes, the collection of resources, and spatial awareness. We argue that these patterns manifest spontaneously as a form of analogical reasoning, because people lack ...
Raab MH, Carbon CC, Doebler NA.
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International Journal of Computer Games Technology, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Software process improvement programs are partly founded on software measurement. However, despite their importance, it has been pointed out in the literature that many students are leaving the academic world without the necessary skills to conduct this kind of process.
Lennon Sales Furtado +4 more
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Multilingual English users’ linguistic innovation
World Englishes, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 236-248, June 2020., 2020 Abstract Can ‘non‐native’ speakers of English innovate in English? This seemly simple question bothers sociolinguists and sociolinguistic research because we feel uncertain whether the ‘inventive’ productions by ‘non‐native’ speakers should be treated as evidence of creativity or mistakes.
Li Wei
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The Ludification of the Archaeological Past – Opportunities and Threats
Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia, 2018 exaly +2 more sources
Games culture and media practices [PDF]
, 2019 Our aim in this article is to explore the relationship between videogames and other practices related to audiovisual media in everyday life; we are specifically interested in examining how far videogames, as a cultural form that combines audiovisual ...
Alsina González, Pau David +4 more
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