" Games are increasingly becoming the focus for research due to their cultural and economic
impact on modern society. However, there are many different types of approaches and …

Do role-playing games (RPGs) affect the player's well-being? Several studies suggest that
they might have an impact, but the topic of RPGs and well-being is usually only mentioned …

Childhood obesity continues to be a significant public health issue. mHealth systems offer
state-of-the-art approaches to intervention design, delivery, and diffusion of treatment and …

Games are used in various learning situations and domains, among which is cultural
heritage. Storytelling is used in games regarding cultural places, but it often takes a simple …

Contemporary theories of video games face a double challenge: While digital convergence
decouples the previously stable bundles of 'media', instrumental play phenomena like …

Abstract This essay analyzes Ingress, Google's new massively multiplayer online game, as
indicative of an emergent gift economy that calls for the datafication of one's mobile life in …

In this article, the authors examine iterative design methods for experimental game prototype
development. They recognize the area of game design as a wicked problem space, that is …

Pokémon GO, a location-based mobile game with millions of users, offers an opportunity to
study how mobile technology can encourage collocated social interaction between people …

In recent years, plenty of novel educational tools using mobile augmented reality (mobile
AR) have been developed, altering the way students interact with a cultural heritage …

The paper presents theoretical foundations of the author's approach to the design of edu-
larps. It is deliberately steering away from cross-disciplinary teaching, artistic education or …