Blockchain-Powered Gaming: Bridging Entertainment with Serious Game Objectives

D Stamatakis, DG Kogias, P Papadopoulos… - Computers, 2024 - mdpi.com
The advancement and acceptance of new technologies often hinges on the level of
understanding and trust among potential users. Blockchain technology, despite its broad …

Blockchain Potentials for the Game Industry: A Review

G Jaferian, D Ramezani, MG Wagner - Games and Culture, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the adoption and recognition
of blockchain technology. The increasing demand for blockchain technology has led to its …

Altruistic and profit-oriented: Making sense of roles in web3 community from airdrop perspective

S Fan, T Min, X Wu, W Cai - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Regardless of which community, incentivizing users is a necessity for well-sustainable
operations. In the blockchain-backed Web3 communities, known for their transparency and …

Web3 Metaverse: State-of-the-art and vision

H Chen, H Duan, M Abdallah, Y Zhu, Y Wen… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The metaverse, as a rapidly evolving socio-technical phenomenon, exhibits significant
potential across diverse domains by leveraging Web3 (aka Web 3.0) technologies such as …

Freedom and restraint in dark forest: A peek at the metaverse through a blockchain game

N Yao, Z Lin, X Wu, L Wang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dark forest (DF) is the first successful decentralized real-time strategy (RTS) game. Based
on smart contracts, the game explores the application possibilities of new technologies, and …

Calling for play-oriented research on blockchain video games: An overview study

HX Liu, JP Holopainen - Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Blockchain video games, specifically video games using blockchain technology, are a
trending topic in the media, technology community and business world. While blockchain …

Blockchain in educational gaming: unveiling opportunities and challenges

G Jaferian, D Ramezani, MG Wagner - EDULEARN24 proceedings, 2024 - library.iated.org
This study evaluates the integration of blockchain technology into educational gaming,
examining its positive and negative aspects. Adhering to the PRISMA protocol, our …

A peek at metaverse society from web 3.0 games: a preliminary case study of dark forest

Z Lin, N Yao, X Wu, L Wang - 2022 IEEE 24th International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The notion of metaverse powered by blockchain technology has been buzzing in recent
years, raising expectations for an advanced social vision of Web 3.0. Thus far, online …

Guest Editorial Special Issue on Social Studies, Human Factors, and Applications in Metaverse

W Cai, J Zhao, X Gui, M Msahli… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The term “metaverse” was first introduced in Neal Stephenson's 1992 science fiction novel,
Snow Crash. It is conceived as the successor to the contemporary Internet, wherein users …

BranchClash: A Fully On-Chain Tower Defense Blockchain Game with New Collaboration Mechanism

H Wu, Y Li, Y Zhuang, X Sun, W Cai - Proceedings of the 31st ACM …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Mainstream blockchain games have drawn criticism for prioritizing economic systems over
gameplay experience. Influenced by these economically-centered games, existing research …