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Self-reflexive videogames: observations and corollaries on virtual worlds as philosophical artifacts [PDF]
G|A|M|E The Italian Journal of Game Studies, 2016 Self-reflexive videogames are videogames designed to materialize critical and/or satirical perspectives on the ways in which videogames themselves are designed, played, sold, manipulated, experienced, and understood as social objects.
Stefano Gualeni
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Playing online videogames—more than just entertainment? A qualitative study of virtual social participation in persons with spinal cord injury [PDF]
Frontiers in Rehabilitation SciencesIntroductionSpinal cord injury (SCI) affects many aspects of life, physically, emotionally and socially. Engaging in online videogames holds the potential to facilitate increased social interactions for individuals with SCI.
R. Nilsen +6 more
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Nostalgia Videogames as Playable Game Criticism [PDF]
G|A|M|E The Italian Journal of Game Studies, 2016 The aim of this paper is to consider the emergence of nostalgia videogames in the context of playable game criticism. Mirroring the development of the nostalgia film in cinema, an increasing number of developers are creating videogames that are evocative
Robin J.S. Sloan
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Developing a Virtual Museum: Experience from the Design and Creation Process
Information, 2021 Virtual reality technology has grown significantly in recent years. The arrival of Head Mounted Displays (HDM) on the market for end-users has positioned these technologies as a new channel to promote new simulated or contextualized experiences.
Felipe Besoain +2 more
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Un gioco da ragazze? Nuove eroine videoludiche tra realtà e idealizzazione
Studi sulla Formazione, 2023 Videogames are a fundamental tool in shaping new generations’ collective imagination. In particular, videogames usually present limited depictions of masculinity and femininity and, for this reason, offer canonical norms concerning gender identity.
Dalila Forni
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“Emergent countries play, too!”
Revista Contracampo, 2021 The present paper discusses questions related to the histories of videogames, more specifically in how we approach videogames in Global South. By using Zeebo, a Brazilian console produced in the late 2000s as an epistemic tool, I discuss the limitations
Bruno de Paula
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Videogames, Youth, and Pandemic
Enletawa Journal, 2022 Videogames have helped youth to cope with the negative effects of the pandemic. When weaddress negative effects of the pandemic, we are not only referring to Covid-19. We have facedterrible outcomes, and the one we are going to mention is mental health.
Juana Sofía Rodríguez Reina
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Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies, 2023 This article analyzes the relationship between power, knowledge, and an idea of American Exceptionalism in Cold War-themed videogames. The article focuses on three perspectives.
Regina Seiwald, Alex Wade
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What Children with Neuromotor Disabilities Need to Play with Technological Games
Applied Sciences, 2021 Game activity is fundamental for children’s cognitive and social development. During recent years, technology development has led to changes in several areas, including the ludic one.
Roberta Nossa +19 more
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Media Industries, 2022 Videogame researchers have long considered the role videogames play in different cultural, social, and political contexts around the world. However, when it comes to researching videogame production, literature on the nominally global videogame industry has primarily focused on the dominant sites of North America, Western Europe, and East Asia. In this
Daiiani, Mahsuum, Keogh, Brendan
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