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Serious Games for Education and Their Effectiveness for Higher Education Medical Students and for Junior High School Students (Broacasting our studies)

Abstract : Because of the quick advance of ICT, it is said that we should change the teaching method for the young generation grew up in the environment of ICT including video games, who are called digital natives. Accordingly, the authors made a project to validate that the serious game is actually effective for the education, which is the digital game that has other purposes besides enjoyments like education, training and so on and interest digital natives. This introduces a serious game [...]

Keywords : Serious games, Mobile learning, Educational contents, Anatomy

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How geek kids get geek jobs: a cross-generational inquiry into digital play and young adults' careers in IT (Broacasting our studies)

From programming ‗home-brew‘ games, to modifying the content of existing commercial titles, digital gaming can be regarded as a potential gateway into more serious uses of computers; welcoming some while repelling others. The socio-demographic makeup of computer science, games development and related areas of work are of interest to feminist scholars of culture. In light of skills shortages, industry is also interested in increasing women and ethnic minorities‘ participation in [...]

Keywords : Games

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PixMeeting : Jeu Vidéo & Education (round table) (Broacasting our studies)

Keywords : round table, video games, education

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L'histoire des jeux vidéo en France : 40 ans de news rétro - vol.1 (Book reference)

This book is based on a unique idea: reviewing the history of video games in France between 1974 and 2013 through the "news" briefs published in video games magazines. This first volume is solely focused to news related to video games consoles. The author has selected many news related to the most interesting or odd stories from the last 40 years: release of a console, an accessory, a special issue of magazine, a tv show, public drama, games collector editions, etc. Each chapter of the [...]

Keywords : history, video game, france, console, news

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User-Generated Video Gaming: Little Big Planet and Participatory Cultures in Italy (Broacasting our studies)

Digital technology users are growingly involved in what has been described as convergence culture or participatory cultures. In this context, a major role is played by user-generated content. This article focuses on the participatory practices related to Little Big Planet (LBP) 1, a PlayStation platform video game that encourages users to create and share their own gaming levels. Our theoretical framework refers both to convergence culture and to a specific perspective of game studies that focus [...]

Keywords : User-generated video gaming, Participatory cultures, PlayStation Network, Little Big Planet

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Serious games: a new playground for higher education (Broacasting our studies)

Video games are no longer reserved for leisure activities: in recent years, they have entered the world of higher education, in the form of serious games. Designed as innovative teaching tools, they can also facilitate relations with companies. An overview, on the occasion of Paris Games Week, which runs from October 29 to November 2, 2014.

Keywords : Serious Game, Video game

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Mise en jeu de la production aux usages d?un jeu sérieux. Le cas d'une entreprise du secteur du jeu vidéo (Broacasting our studies)

The differences between game and labor are culturally defined. According to places and cultures, those activities are similarly described as rational layouts of resources to achieve some specific goals, by following rules located into well-structured environments – although more and more complex and less defined. For all that, despite of the proximity of these abstract concepts, the process of gamification promotes a brand new model of engagement into the activity, inviting workers to expl [...]

Keywords : gamification, Ludification, Gameplay, Labor, Serious games, Activity, Cooperation

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A model of game design activity: new perspectives on creativity and innovation (Broacasting our studies)

Innovation and creativity seem to be mere buzzwords, but the quest for innovation and creativity by game companies is very real. This Ph.D. dissertation suggests adopting a new perspective on these concepts by abandoning a managerial attitude and favoring a design approach. The design process of video games is under-studied, and this research aims to create a model of video game design activity, using the already existing literature in the field of design, and the observation of actual game desi [...]

Keywords : Innovation, Design, Video game industry, Designers

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De l'utilité de l'appellation « Serious Game ». Le jeu est-il l'apanage du divertissement ? (Broacasting our studies)

In order to contribute to the analysis of the “disseminations of video games”, this article attempts to examine the “Serious Game” designation itself. Our study relies on a corpus of texts aiming to define what a “Serious Game” is, alongside with a corpus of video games matching its definition. We will begin with a study of the historical origins of the “Serious Game” designation, in order to identify what it refers to, and why it is used tod [...]

Keywords : serious game, video game, definition, history, purpose, impact

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Governance through Philitainment: Playing the Benevolent Subject (Broacasting our studies)

AbstractThis article analyzes Free Rice within the context of “the rise of the ludic sublime,” where video games are hailed as the solution to highly sophisticated political problems. As part of what we call practices of “philitainment,” Free Rice, we argue, functions within the political domain of what Jodi Dean has termed “communicative capitalism” and therefore both captures resistance and actually solidifies global capitalism. Ultimately, th [...]

Keywords : Digital Games, Critical Theory, Governmentality, Philitainment, Development

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