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Evaluation of the impact of Serious Games in the context of Customer Relations (Broacasting our studies)

Post-doctoral thesis carried out from June 9, 2008 to September 8, 2009 at Orange Labs / France Télécom.The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of Serious Games (SG) on the general public and on employees of the France Telecom group. The overall approach is written within the framework of Customer Relationship (CR), which is orchestrated by OR Tools for Customer Relationship. The main challenges are to- To help optimize customer relationship management with the aim of obtai [...]

Keywords : Serious Games, Serious Play, Impact, Customer Relationship

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Low cost video game technology to measure and improve motor skills in children (Broacasting our studies)

Video games are ubiquitous in modern day life. Unfortunately, several children are overweight or even obese because they spend a lot of time watching television or playing non-physical video games, instead of perfoming physical activities. Furthermore, this lack of exercise affects their development. The fact that children are becoming overweight or obese is a health concern for many countries that are economical developed (like England) or are in development (like Mexico). In this paper we pres [...]

Keywords : Costs, Medical treatment, Pediatrics, Minimally invasive surgery, TV, Games, Airplanes, Virtual reality

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Serious Games & Cultural Heritage: A case study of prehistoric caves (Broacasting our studies)

The creation and development of multimedia devices destined for the general public pose many questions for designers. In this article we present two multimedia applications – a Serious Play and a Serious Game – which were part of an experiment performed in 2006. This article will present both devices designed specifically for the promotion of a prehistoric heritage site – the Gargas caves – and describe how they were received by the general public. The aim of this task wa [...]

Keywords : Serious Game, Cultural Heritage, Prehistory

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On the core elements of the experience of playing video games (Broacasting our studies)

AbstractThis dissertation presents a multi-method approach to study the user experience of playing video games. The motivation is to devise an objective assessment of the concept of user experience. It is proposed that user experience is better understood when it is studied as a two fold phenomenon formed by a process and an outcome. This definition allows the combination of the subjective nature of experience together with the objectivity needed to propose an objective assessment of experi [...]

Keywords : User experience, Video Game, Gaming experience, Metaphor

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La Saga des Jeux Vidéo (Book reference)

The french written reference about the history of videogames. This must-have book has know five different editions between 1997 and 2012. It details the story of many famous videogames thanks to interviews with their designers: Pong, Tomb Raider, Tetris, Doom, Myst, Sim City, etc. The book also have a background story with the life of Philippe Ulrich, famous french game designer and founder of Cryo, who have lived through all the stages of the videogames history. A very interesting read wi [...]

Keywords : history, france, world of warcraft

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Colors, Faces and Illustrations New concepts for tools for reporting emotion and activity in a pervasive game (Broacasting our studies)

Abstract Players of video games often find themselves at a set location, in a room or a game hall, playing alone, with family or friends, even both, or maybe with strangers over the Internet. The game becomes intense when the player reaches a crucial moment or event. Such moments might be when the player has reached a new level, received a new piece of equipment, found the last hidden key or is about to kill the last “boss” in the game to win a war. The emotional state of the pl [...]

Keywords : Pervasive games, Learning

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« Serious games » : apprendre en jouant ? (Broacasting our studies)

Distance learning technology used at the beginning of 2000s has not gained a wide approval. Recently, the numerous new options rendered possible by NTIC development have not yet been analyzed or interpreted properly and a through indepth study of e-learning is lacking. We distinguish three on-line methods of e-learning. Rapid learning consists on static information publishing which, in best cases, can have knowledge tests or spoken information. To improve this, a training by “scenarios&rdq [...]

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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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Place your bets! Thoughts on the scope of video game creation tools (Broacasting our studies)

This article offers an overview of the various approaches used by the video game industry throughout its history to encourage and facilitate the creation of video games by players.Referring to a structural model of the video game as an artifact, we will study four approaches aimed at facilitating and encouraging enthusiasts to create or modify their own games: configuration menus, level editors, mods and game factories.The aim of this article is to highlight the complementarity of these differen [...]

Keywords : Video game, Creation, Tools, Level design, Game design

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Serious Games : Advergaming, edugaming, training... (Broacasting our studies)

By analysing in detail the characteristics, uses and different genres of serious game, this study outlines the challenges involved with the design, development and distribution of various types of title. Similarly, the report examines the outlook for the industry and its probable growth drivers. The serious gaming market is of considerable importance. As the link between traditional video games and practical software, serious games offer a genuine opportunity to develop a sector that is all too [...]

Keywords : serious game, advergame, edugame, news game, edumarket game, serious gaming, edugaming, advergaming

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