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Eurogames : The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games (Book reference)
This book analyses the modern wave of board games coming from Europe (mainly Germany), such as: Settlers from Catan, Carcassone, Ticket to Ride, Agricola, etc. After an introduction aiming to define the different kinds of "non digital" games (mass-market games, wargames, hooby games, etc.), the author details the captivating history of Anglo-American board games between 1960 and 1995: Acquire, Monopoly, Civilization, Illuminati, etc. The book pursues with the history of board games in [...]Keywords : eurogames, board games, hobby games, history, study, players, culture
El juego en la enseñanza de español como lengua extranjera. Nuevas perspectivas (Broacasting our studies)
ABSTRACTPlaying has been a common learning technique through the ages, but recently several studies on the teaching of foreign languages have focused on this component. This article highlights the three different, but overlapping, aspects that make up the true dimension of playing as a learning tool: games, didactic instruments and group techniques. Furthermore, it intends to show that utilization of playing in the learning process in combination with the development of new technologies in the f [...]Keywords : Game-based learning, Teaching-learning process, Creativity, Game-based learning, Strategy
Nolife Story (Book reference)
This book tells the story of the french TV channel Nolife, dedicated to the japanese culture, and more specifically to mangas, animes and videogames. Thanks to numerous in-depth interviews and several photos, the author of this book invite us to a journey through the main steps that led to the creation of Nolife in 2007: the childhood of Sébastien Ruchet and Alex Pilot (the two charismatic creators of the channel) ; the creation of their first TV documentaries for Game One (a french telev [...]Keywords : nolife, television, manga, anime, videogame, game one, japan
Le "serious game", le jeux vidéo intelligent dont les entreprises raffolent (Broacasting our studies)
Les "serious games" seront à l'honneur les 23 et 24 mai lors de la conférence "e-virtuoses" à Valenciennes. Le premier de ces jeux vidéo à dimension utilitaire servait à l'origine d'outil de recrutement pour l'armée américaine. Le concept s'avère aujourd’hui efficace par bien des aspects pour les grandes entreprises et bientôt peut-être les PME. Interview de Julian Alvarez.Keywords : Training, Serious game, Compagy
JIES Paris 2012 days (Blog post)
JIES Paris 2012 days approach the topic of the game in sciences education. Intended for the professionals of education, these days are centered towards the reflexion on the relationship between sciences, technology, trainings and games. Ludoscience, represented by Julian Alvarez, was invited to take part to the event May the 3rd. Thank you Traces for its invitation. We will return with pleasure to exchange again with the actors who question themselves on the introdu [...]Keywords : Learning, Education, Game
Games History - tome 2 : Histoire du jeu de baston 2D (Book reference)
Games History is a series of magazines in a book-like format (similar to Pix'n Love and IG), with 200 pages dedicated to a defined genre of video games. This second issue is focused on the history of 2D versus fighting games. The book thus retrace the history of popular series such as Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Guilty Gear, Mortal Kombat, Fatal Fury, Darkstalkers, Samurai Shodown, Killer Instinct, alongside with some less known titles like Arcana Hearts or Battle Fantasia. While it's not [...]Keywords : history, versus fighting, street fighter, mortal kombat, king of fighters, guilty gear, ken bogard
Perspectives d'avenir (Broacasting our studies)
Conclusion de l'ouvrage de Yasmine Kasbi : "Les Serious Games une révolution" (pages 281 to 297) Quelles évolutions peut-on envisager dans le champ du Serious Game ? Il est toujours complexe d’anticiper les évolutions d’un objet. Aussi, nous resterons prudents en nous cantonnant modestement à extrapoler l’évolution du Serious game sur les prochains mois et années à venir en nous appuyant sur des [...]Keywords : Serious game
Ralph Baer : Mémoires du père des jeux vidéo (Book reference)
The autobiography of Ralph Baer, the inventor of home video game consoles. Released in 1972, the Magnavox Odyssey is one of the starting points of the history of video games. First of all, it's the first video console solely dedicated to games. Moreover, one of its titles, Ping-Pong, was a direct source of inspiration for Atari to create Pong. Through a book featuring many pictures, Ralph Baer details us the process he followed to invent this first console ever. As a natural-born engineer, [...]Keywords : ralph baer, magnavox odyssey, first video game, simon, lawsuit, biography
Présentation des serious game dans le domaine de la santé (Broacasting our studies)
JIES Paris 2012 days approach the topic of the game in sciences education. Intended for the professionals of education, these days are centered towards the reflexion on the relationship between sciences, technology, trainings and games. Ludoscience, represented by Julian Alvarez, was invited to take part to the event May the 3rd. Thank you Traces for its invitation. We will return with pleasure to e [...]Keywords : Education, Learning, Game