LudoScience

Les pionniers du jeu vidéo (Broacasting our studies)

An article about the first videogames  from 1947 to 1958: the CRT Amusement Device, the NIMrod, OXO, HutSpiel and Tennis for Two.    

Keywords : history, pioneers, videogames

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Video games for collection exploration: Games for and out of data repositories (Broacasting our studies)

In this paper, we establish a link between video games and data collections. In particular, we examine video games as potential interfaces for collection exploration, i.e. as a platform for a more insightful and exploratory interaction with a repository. Furthermore, we question if a more structural relationship between the game and the collection is possible: Can we produce video games based on the structure of a repository? We explore these ideas on theoretical grounds and by means of a protot [...]

Keywords : Video games, Data collections, Data exploration, Human Factors, Theory, Experimentation

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Emmanuel Forsans, pionnier du Serious Gaming (Broacasting our studies)

An interview of Emmanuel Forsans, CEO of AFJV. In the 80's and 90's he designed Retro SG. Pix'n Love n°9 (p. 24 to 29). 

Keywords : Serious Games, Retro SG, Retro Serious Games, Interview

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Comix Zone (Broacasting our studies)

An article about the genesis of Comix Zone (1995), alongside with an interview of its game designer Peter Morawiec.    

Keywords : history, videogames

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EFFECTIVENESS OF TEXT REPRESENTATIONS IN THE AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF REGIONAL GAME DESIGN TRENDS IN VIDEO GAME REVIEWS (Broacasting our studies)

1 Introduction As one of the fastest growing segments of the global entertainment market (Szalai, 2007), video games have come to represent a wide spectrum of values in terms of expectations and design decisions of the groups involved in their development and publication. Despite a rapidly expanding market, changing demographics and growing global economic importance, regional differences in game designs have yet to be fully explored. The underlying premise of this research is that game com [...]

Keywords : Video games, Genre, Game components

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Deconstruct video games? Ways to build a coherent game library offering (Broacasting our studies)

Presentation of the workshop: The idea of video game ratings is far from new. There are many and varied “free classification” systems used by the video game industry, the trade press or simply by gamers. However, while these systems are an important part of common video game culture, they are unfortunately not suitable for cataloguing or classifying all existing video games.Indeed, these so-called “free” systems follow the course of video game evolution: categories a [...]

Keywords : Classification, Videogame, Game library, Deconstruction, Structuralism, Gameplay bricks, Taxonomy, Formal system

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Les Gisèles (Student project)

A collection of minigames themed after jokes about men. 

Keywords : feminine audience

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Party games for MSN (Student project)

A collection of party games suited for teenage girl, playable through MSN Messenger while chatting. 

Keywords : feminine audience

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Engineeland (Student project)

A serious game about the engineer job. This game is a Final Fantasy-like RPG, in which you play as an engineer-wannabe. You'll have to face loads of hazards (team management, logic, ressource collection...) through your quest to become a real engineer, so you can save the fantasy world of Engineeland ! 

Keywords : serious game, engineer, role-playing game (rpg), rpg maker, final fantasy

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Histoire des jeux vidéo (Book reference)

A tiny 60 pages book released by the french national postal services alongside with a videogames-themed stamps collection. The book presents some of the most famous videogames thanks to a lot of images. And here the series of stamps released alongside with this book (the stamps were packaged within the book):    

Keywords : pictures, histoire, french national postal service

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