| Author | : Susan L. Kasser |
| Publisher | : Human Kinetics Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 111 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9780873226394 |
Presents a number of games for physical development which wheelchair-bound children and walking children of varying coordination levels can play together; arranged by skill level.
| Author | : Sandra Danilovic |
| Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 129 |
| Release | : 2024-08-20 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1800435967 |
Reimagining how we understand health, illness, life, and death, gaming expert Sandra Danilovic advocates for the potential games have to transform healthcare practices beyond the clinic or hospital in the way we care for each other and for ourselves.
| Author | : Erik van der Spek |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 491 |
| Release | : 2019-11-07 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 3030346447 |
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First IFIP TC 14 Joint International Conference on Entertainment Computing and Serious Games, ICEC-JCSG 2019, held in Arequipa, Peru, in November 2019. The 26 full papers, 5 short papers, and 16 poster, demonstration, and workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. They cover a large range of topics at the multidisciplinary intersection of design, art, entertainment, interaction, computing, psychology, and numerous serious application domains. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: mixed reality; virtual reality; entertainment algorithms; game design and development; interaction technologies; measurement and effects; and serious game applications.
| Author | : Katherine Isbister |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 453 |
| Release | : 2022-03-13 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1000523489 |
This book introduces the basics in game usability and overall game UX mindset and techniques, as well as looking at current industry best practices and trends. Fully updated for its second edition, it includes practical advice on how to include usability in already tight development timelines, and how to advocate for UX and communicate results to higher-ups effectively. The book begins with an introduction to UX strategy considerations for games, and to UX design, before moving on to cover core user research and usability techniques as well as how to fit UX practices into the business process. It provides considerations of player differences and offers strategies for inclusion as well as chapters that give platform and context specific advice. With a wealth of new interviews with industry leaders and contributions from the very best in game UX, the book also includes brand new chapters on: Accessibility Mobile Game Usability Data Science Virtual and Augmented Reality Esports This book will be vital reading for all professional game developers and game UX advocates, as well as those students aspiring to work in game development and game UX.
| Author | : Gaines S. Hubbell |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2020-02-14 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 1476639019 |
What is a videogame? What makes a videogame "good"? If a game is supposed to be fun, can it be fun without a good story? If another is supposed to be an accurate simulation, does it still need to be entertaining? With the ever-expanding explosion of new videogames and new developments in the gaming world, questions about videogame criticism are becoming more complex. The differing definitions that players and critics use to decide what a game is and what makes a game successful, often lead to different ideas of how games succeed or fail. This collection of new essays puts on display the variety and ambiguity of videogames. Each essay is a work of game criticism that takes a different approach to defining the game and analyzing it. Through analysis and critical methods, these essays discuss whether a game is defined by its rules, its narrative, its technology, or by the activity of playing it, and the tensions between these definitions. With essays on Overwatch, Dark Souls 3, Far Cry 4, Farmville and more, this collection attempts to show the complex changes, challenges and advances to game criticism in the era of videogames.
| Author | : Management Association, Information Resources |
| Publisher | : IGI Global |
| Total Pages | : 1971 |
| Release | : 2021-11-26 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1668437112 |
Technology has increasingly become utilized in classroom settings in order to allow students to enhance their experiences and understanding. Among such technologies that are being implemented into course work are game-based learning programs. Introducing game-based learning into the classroom can help to improve students’ communication and teamwork skills and build more meaningful connections to the subject matter. While this growing field has numerous benefits for education at all levels, it is important to understand and acknowledge the current best practices of gamification and game-based learning and better learn how they are correctly implemented in all areas of education. The Research Anthology on Developments in Gamification and Game-Based Learning is a comprehensive reference source that considers all aspects of gamification and game-based learning in an educational context including the benefits, difficulties, opportunities, and future directions. Covering a wide range of topics including game concepts, mobile learning, educational games, and learning processes, it is an ideal resource for academicians, researchers, curricula developers, instructional designers, technologists, IT specialists, education professionals, administrators, software designers, students, and stakeholders in all levels of education.
| Author | : Katie Ellis |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 2022-12-30 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 1000830047 |
This book explores the opportunities and challenges people with disabilities experience in the context of digital games from the perspective of three related areas: representation, access and inclusion, and community. Drawing on key concerns in disability media studies, the book brings together scholars from disability studies and game studies, alongside game developers, educators, and disability rights activists, to reflect upon the increasing visibility of disabled characters in digital games. Chapters explore the contemporary gaming environment as it relates to disability on platforms such as Twitch, Minecraft, and Tingyou, while also addressing future possibilities and pitfalls for people with disabilities within gaming given the rise of virtual reality applications, and augmented games such as Pokémon Go. The book asks how game developers can attempt to represent diverse abilities, taking games such as BlindSide and Overwatch as examples. A significant collection for scholars and students interested in the critical analysis of digital games, this volume will be of interest across several disciplines including game studies, game design and development, internet, visual, cultural, communication and media studies, as well as disability studies.
| Author | : Sheri Graner Ray |
| Publisher | : Cengage Learning |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Computer and women |
| ISBN | : 9781584502395 |
This book explores the relationship between women and computer games, both the women in the gaming industry and the women who serve as a market for computer games.
| Author | : Adam Palmquist |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : |
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| ISBN | : 3031305957 |
