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Some interesting calls for papers and my dissertation

Lennart — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:42:38 +0000

Recently, I have been busy getting my dissertation out of the door. It is done now and in printing as the packshot on the right shows. More about the topic of my dissertation will be posted here later. In recent time, I have come across a few calls for papers, which I thought would [...]

Silver Gamers Enjoy Playing Brain-Training Games More Than Adolescents

Lennart — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:49:42 +0000

Solving arithmetic challenges is more efficient and effective with pen and paper, but brain training with video games is more exciting and may be connected to positive feelings for elderly gamers, according to a study to be published in the forthcoming issue of the journal CyberPsychology & Behavior.

Digital Game Research, User Experience and the Brain

The Acagamic — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:52:46 +0000

User Experience Recently, my research was featured in an article by Harry Brignull for the UX community, entitled “UX for videogame design: Gameplay Research”, where he describes succinctly what some of my colleagues and me are doing in game science, where our main focus is to understand players from an empirical research perspective. Digital Game Research and [...]

Gaming and Eye Tracking: Gameplay Experience in a Gaze Interaction Game

The Acagamic — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:17:05 +0000

Eye tracking has – for quite a while – attracted game researchers to use this exciting technology to interact with new media, especially games, since from a viewpoint of game accessibility, it opens gaming up to people with severe motor disabilities. At the COGAIN conference in May, we have presented a paper with results from [...]

Project Natal and the Future of Gaming

The Acagamic — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:51:11 +0000

Microsoft’s press conference on this year’s E3 is just over and they have, of course, positioned their box as an allround entertainment platform, incorporating possible competitive online media (like social media platforms Twitter and Facebook) and offline passive entertainment (music from last.fm, movies from netflix). But, the largest announcement was probably the long-awaited full body [...]