Do We Need Permission to Play in Public? The Design of Participation for Social Play Video Games at Play Parties and ‘Alternative’ Games Festivals [PDF]
Media and Communication, 2018 Play is fundamental to being Human. It helps to make sense of the self, to learn, to be creative and to relax. The advent of video games challenged traditional notions of play, introducing a single player experience to what had primarily been a communal ...
Lynn H. C. Love
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Teacher Education: Design Thinking Approach in Makerspaces to Produce Quality Educational Video Games with a Visual Identity and Improve Design Thinking Skills [PDF]
Education SciencesVideo games participate effectively in the educational process due to their attractive visual features, but there are many challenges that teachers face when using them.
Yara Ahmed Mohebeldin Zaky +1 more
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Video Games, Design, and Aesthetic Experience
Rivista di Estetica, 2016 This paper places video games within the area of what I call “designed experiences”. Designed experiences are experiences – in the real world or via media – that are designed to elicit specific effects or affects. In previous work I have investigated how
James Paul Gee
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Evaluating Affective User-Centered Design of Video Games Using Qualitative Methods
International Journal of Computer Games Technology, 2018 In recent years, researchers and practitioners in the human-computer interaction (HCI) community have placed a lot of focus in developing methods and processes for use in the gaming field.
Yiing Y’ng Ng +2 more
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Playful Politics: Developing a Framework for Designing Video Games for Political Participation in the United Kingdom [PDF]
Press Start, 2015 Political participation in the United Kingdom among young voters (aged 18-24) has steadily declined over the past two decades. Alongside this decline, video game popularity has meteorically risen among the same demographic, resulting in video games ...
Andrew James Reid
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The Design Process of Educational Video Games in Cultural Heritage
Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage, 2023 This paper presents a summary model of the design process of educational video games for CH . The model is based on the use of the Classification of Educational Video Games for Cultural Heritage (CH) and the Design Recommendations included in it ...
Yavor Dankov
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Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage, 2023 This paper focuses on educational video games with a thematic orientation related to conserving and preserving Cultural Heritage (CH). Educational video games are effective and contemporary tools for influencing and educating users.
Yavor Dankov, Andjela Dankova
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Video Game Design for Learning to Learn
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2022 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 medium to train brain functions, but also the remaining challenges that must be addressed in ...
Pasqualotto, Angela +3 more
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Video games and creativity: The mediating role of psychological capital
Journal of Creativity, 2023 Video games play a big part in many individuals’ lives, children and adults alike. A large body of research has investigated both the potential negative and positive effects of video games.
Maxence Mercier, Todd Lubart
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