A potent new book examines the overlap between our ecological crisis and video games
Video games may be fun and immersive diversions from daily life, but can they go beyond …

In Discorrelated Images Shane Denson examines how computer-generated digital images
displace and transform the traditional spatial and temporal relationships that viewers had …

What does it mean for a game to engage players in academically meaningful play? Much
has been written about the integration of educational learning within the design of games in …

In game studies, meaningful play is commonly discussed and situated through definition
describing it as the integrated and discernible relationship between player actions and …

With advances in communication technologies, virtual reality (VR) has become increasing
popular. This study investigated the influence of virtual experiences on advertising effects. A …

Hybrid board games (HBGs) augment their analog origins digitally (eg, through apps) and
are an increasingly popular pastime activity. Continuous world and character development …

Challenge is a key gratification sought in video games, and punishment by character death
is often the repercussion for poor performance, requiring players to recover or restart. But …

Gamer rage, rage induced by digital games, is an understudied area, especially from
children's perspective. This study explores children's stories of the reasons and …

Examining the ethics and experience of “treacherous play” through 3 games that allow
deception and betrayal—EVE Online, DayZ, and the TV series Survivor. Deception and …

In games, failure that leads to death is a trope that players are all too familiar with. We were
motivated by this to explore how altering the consequences of death on player progress …