Pix'n Love is a journal dedicated to the history of videogames. It uses a format that is half-way between a book and a regular journal. The 128 pages of each issue explores in great details the history of a selection of games and machines, ranging from the highly popular ones (Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Megaman, Rayman, etc.) to the nearly unknown games. Each article is generally written after the interview of the creators, allowing Pix'n Love to provide the reader with a lot of novel and unique i
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Keywords : history, interview, novel
Direct successor of the Gam.B.A.S. project,this new project aimes to build a new software tool able to ease the creation of videogames. To achieve this goal, it relies on the idea of "Gameplay Bricks", in order to allow real-time creation and modification of the rules of the game through an high-level of abstraction. A short video clip of the only created prototype (2008): Publications related to this project Damien Djaouti "Serious Ga
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Keywords : game design, game creation software
Video documentary which illustated this debate
Keywords : feminine audience, serious game
Keywords : interactive storytelling, classification, gameplay, rules
First this communication reports an active learning experience about students who had to create Serious Games dedicated to teenagers. In the second time, this communication takes supports on the experience to highlight similarities between the PBL and Serious Games approaches.
Keywords : Serious Game, Teaching, Active learning, PBL, Video game
In this book, Catherine Kellner, a researcher in communication sciences, analyses and criticizes the so-called "edutainment" products. Through real-world examples, she highlights the common flaws of these products (storytelling elements used instead of play attributes, games using texts for kids who don't know how to read yet, boring games sequences, etc.). She also offers many ways to improves them (using the discovery space embedded in every game, learning by trial-and-error, etc.).
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Keywords : edutainment, research, analysis, critic
This tiny 88 pages book attempts to provide a introduction to the world of video games to people who doesn't know anything about them. It begins with a quick summary of the history of video games, followed by a detailed presentation of the main games genres. It then presents the main steps of the creation process of a video games, and ends with leads for their future. The book is written in a way that makes each topic covered over two pages only: video games from the 70's, the 80's, the 90's, ac
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Keywords : video games, introduction, history, genres, design
Le jeu vidéo peut-il être sérieux ?Impact de l'industrie du jeu vidéo sur la vie des enfants, des adolescents et propositions alternatives. Rencontre thématique, samedi 21 avril à 15h dans l'auditorium d'OdyssudPour de nombreux enfants, le jeu vidéo occupe une place importante dansleur temps libre. Pour les parents qui ne pensent pas avoir leur place dans cetteactivité, ils préfèrent souvent limiter la durée d'utili
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Keywords : serious game
This article explains the difference between a large variety of Serious Games and tries to propose a classification to understand this type of video games. We explore the connection between the goal of the game designer, the objective of the game and the posture of the player. Finally, we explore how we can create some serious game to make corporate communication or educative program.
Keywords : serious game