A BOOK REVIEW: READY PLAYER ONE
A book full of popular culture references that has an actual storyline in it? It’s possible! #ReadyPlayerOne#OASIS #simulatedreality [Note: This review has no spoilers.] It’s the year 2044. Wade Watts…
The Enchantment of Frustrating Casual Games
Why #FlappyBird and other #casualgames have become so popular even though they are frustrating to play? #frustration #engagement Melvin Roest and Sander Bakkes have made an explorative study about simultaneously…
Preserving Digital Games for the Future
Game preservation is an important mission, it’s all about saving the #gamingculture and #history so everyone can enjoy it. The old game discs share the same risk with audiovisual materials…
How Grannies are portrayed in Casual Games
Did you know that #grannies are popular in #casualgames alongside zombies and ninjas? Sara Mosberg Iversen has analyzed the representation of old women (grannies) featured as player-characters in four casual…
Developing of Project Management Skills by Playing with LEGOs
The research shows how C² and #LEGOSeriousPlay method help to learn more about #projectmanagement Silke Geithner and Daniela Menzel have studied how business simulation game called C² (Camshaft-China) can help…
In Love
Solve tasks in areas of sensuality, relationship and knowledge to win a lovey-dovey gift from your partner! #adultgame #partygame In Love is a quiz-like board game for a romantic date…
J-Star Victory VS+
J-Stars Victory VS+
If you are a fan of Japanese manga series published in “Weekly Shōnen Jump”, like One Piece and Naruto, then J-Stars Victory VS+ might be fun for you to experience. For anyone else there are better fighting games available.
Crash! Boom! Bang!
GUNS UP!
GUNS UP! is a free-to-play tower defense game with a military twist, where the players’ armies attack each other’s bases. The objective is to demolish the base’s head building to win the round. #gunsup #freetoplay #military #towerdefense
Hatoful Boyfriend
“Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds!” In Hatoful Boyfriend a teenage human girl enters a school…
An In-depth Review about Representation of Women in Select Video game Magazines
Digital and real #women are underdogs when it comes to their representation in selected #videogame #magazines in the year 2008. In an article "Sexy, Dangerous–and Ignored: An In-depth Review of…
Digital Game Enjoyment in Later Life
Health benefits, having fun and personal interests are the three key things to #digitalgame #enjoyment among #olderadults Bob De Schutter and Julie A. Brown have been researching enjoyment of older…
How Teachers Can Easily Adopt and Adapt Serious Games in Education?
#seriousgames, game alike activities and technologies can be adopted and adapted in to #education by using #opensource tools. In an article “Keep it Simple: Lowering the Barrier for Authoring Serious…
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX
Japanese digital idol Miku Hatsune and her idol friends star in Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX, a rhythm game for Nintendo 3DS. The game has two play modes: tapping the…
Ubongo
Erika Kallinen Platform: Board game Developer: Grzegorz Rejchtman Publisher of the Finnish version: Competo Release year: 2007 Age rating: 8+ The number of players: 2-4 Length of play: 20-30 min.…