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Pokemon GO: study and reflection on the game (Blog post)

For the Ludoscience team, it's very important to play if you want to practice Ludology.Having read a few articles mentioning the idea that Pokémon GO could promote the health of its users through the walking activity it elicits, we wanted to form our own opinion by playing the title. We took the game with us on vacation, in the countryside, in the mountains and in the city.This month-long test also gave us the opportunity to make a few observations in the field, which we'd like to share w [...]

Keywords : Serious Game, Video game, Smartphone, Serious Gaming, Pokemon Go, Gameplay, Research

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L'Année Jeu Vidéo : 1992 (Book reference)

This tall book (larger than A4) is a collection of articles written by different authors who offer you a journey through the main video game-related events from the year 1992, in France. The book begins with a handful of papers dealing with year-long events, such as the home console competition between Nintendo and Sega, with a lot of figures. They are completed by a portrait of Masahiro Sakurai (Kirby, Smash Bros) and another one of the Lucasarts studio. Then, several articles are dealing with [...]

Keywords : history, 1992, console, pc, super nes, lucasarts

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Interactive Digital Mobile Gaming as a Strategic Tool in the Fight against Childhood Obesity (Broacasting our studies)

The introduction of new technologies into children's daily routines is in many cases associated with negative health impacts. However, technology may also be used to promote healthy practices by way of so-called serious games. Several studies have confirmed that the use of such tools can result in significant health gains, the adoption of healthy eating habits, the practice of an active lifestyle, increased energy expenditure and decreased adiposity. In this context, the authors report a case st [...]

Keywords : Obesity, Health, Health game, Serious game

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Data visualizations inspired by a game and the design by disengamement (Broacasting our studies)

Now, there are many kinds of design corresponding to cases of inspiration, use or adaptation of a game to reach a serious purpose. The best known are the serious games. We give in this paper few examples of data visualizations inspired by a game that we can store in the categories of: serious game, serious gaming, game with a purpose, gamification or disengamement. After, we focus on disengamement case and we discuss in more detail about it to explain its principles in the context of an informat [...]

Keywords : Serious Game, Design, Data visualizations, Gamification

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X-PO 2089 : An unreleased PlayStation game discovered (Blog post)

The history of video games if full of forgotten titles. Most of the time, they are game projects cancelled before completion. But, sometimes, full and complete games are cancelled just before their commercial release. We call them "unreleased games", as they are waiting to be be discovered by historians or collectors who can reveal their existence to the world. Today, Ludoscience is proud to present you an "unreleased" PlayStation game called X-PO : 2089 Cyber Revolution [...]

Keywords : history, video game, serious game, playstation, unreleased, japan, france

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X-PO 2089 Cyber Revolution (Broacasting our studies)

An article about the history of the game X-PO 2089 Cyber Revolution. An extract of the article is available here.  

Keywords : xpo 2089 cyber revolution, history, kalisto, playstation, unreleased, retro serious game

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Le designer de jeux vidéo comme agent d'évolution à l'ère du jeu casual (Broacasting our studies)

This article aims to demonstrate the importance of video game designers as agent of progress. This work is based on a study whose main purpose is to better define casual games while using the video game designers' professional knowledge. During the course of the study, it became clear that the game design practices have been evolving over time. Due to the scarcity of existing information on the role of designers in the scientific literature, it seemed appropriate to explore this lack. The r [...]

Keywords : video game design, design practice, designer role, professional knowledge, instrumental player, casual game

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Learning through playing Virtual Age: Exploring the interactions among student concept learning, gaming performance, in-game behaviors, and the use of (Broacasting our studies)

AbstractVideo games possess many unique features that facilitate learning. Meanwhile, teaching about evolution is never an easy task due to the existence of some barriers to its learning.Virtual Age, therefore, has been developed in an attempt to harness the power of gaming to increase student understanding of biological evolution. The aim of this study was to examine whether Virtual Age is effective for learning about evolution and to further explore the interplay of student concept l [...]

Keywords : Virtual reality, Teaching/learning strategies, Interactive learning environments, Applications in subject areas, Secondary education

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The evolution of advergames development: A study in the Netherlands (Broacasting our studies)

Abstract:Despite our exposure to advergames, and studies about their effects, we know very little about the other side of the coin, i.e., advergames developers. In this paper, we report on a study of advergames development companies in the Netherlands. After deriving statements concerning the advergames market through three interviews, we cross-validate these statements with eight companies. Several statements are statistically significant, including the following: advergames are increasingly be [...]

Keywords : Customer loyalty, Netherlands, Advergames development companies, Technological platforms, Social media components, Advertising companies

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