Pervasive games represent a radically new game form that transfers gaming experiences
out into the physical world, weaving ICTs into the fabric of players׳ real environments. This …

In the past few years there have been a number of theories emerge in media, film, television,
narrative and game studies that detail the rise of what has been variously described as …

There is little question of the social, cultural and economic importance of video games in the
world today, with gaming now rivalling the movie and music sectors as a major leisure …

Pervasive gaming is a genre of gaming systematically blurring and breaking the traditional
boundaries of game. The limits of the magic circle are explored in spatial, temporal and …

This article explores promising points of contact between philosophy and the expanding
field of virtual reality research. Aiming at an interdisciplinary audience, it proposes a series …

This article investigates the relationships between various types of educational value
generated by the Markstrat simulation game. Considering several theoretical models of …

Live action role-playing games share a range of characteristics with massively multi-player
online games (MMOGs). Because these games have existed for more than 20 years, players …

In this paper we chart how pervasive games emerge from the intersection of two long-
standing cultural trends, the increasing blurring of fact and fiction in media culture, and the …

In this article we attempt to describe and analyze the formalisms of pervasive games and
pervasive gaming (PG). As the title indicates, PG consists of atomic entities that nevertheless …

Socially aware persuasive games that use immersive technologies often appeal to empathy,
prompting users to feel and understand the struggles of another. However, the often sought …