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The bad news game

Given the rising amount of fake news on the web, it is imperative to understand whether people can become immune to fake news and what steps can help achieve this goal. This interview presents insights into the definition of fake news, current research, and the future of fake news education.

By Diane Golay, September 2020

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Mike Beall<br />On a wild ride with games and learning

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Mike Beall
On a wild ride with games and learning

By Bryan Knowles, September 2019

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Computing technologies to increase access to physical activity for people with visual impairments

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Computing technologies to increase access to physical activity for people with visual impairments

Understanding how to develop technologies that make exercise more accessible to people with visual impairments, particularly in the form of body-based movement and public spaces.

By Kyle Rector, July 2019

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Superhuman sports --- a testing ground for augmenting our senses

Superhuman sports --- a testing ground for augmenting our senses

This article reviews recent developments in superhuman sports with regard to extending the human body and augmenting the playing field, and gives an outlook on future research directions.

By Kai Kunze, Stephan Lukosch, July 2019

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Incentives and Gamification

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Incentives and Gamification

By Yannai A. Gonczarowski, Gustavo F. Tondello, September 2017

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Games user research and gamification in human-computer interaction

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Games user research and gamification in human-computer interaction

Video games inspire new tools for creating engaging user experiences.

By Lennart E. Nacke, September 2017

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Gamified and persuasive systems as behavior change agents for health and wellness

Gamified and persuasive systems as behavior change agents for health and wellness

Gameful elements and persuasive strategies can motivate and encourage people to take charge of their health and achieve their ultimate wellness goal.

By Dennis L. Kappen, Rita Orji, September 2017

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The ethics of gamification

The ethics of gamification

Gamification is manipulation; at least that is what many people think. Because gamification is a powerful tool for modifying behaviors, how we should consider ethics specifically for gamification?

By Andrzej Marczewski, September 2017

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The future of sports and exercise

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The future of sports and exercise

By Leo Holsti, September 2017

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Our virtual reality revolution

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Our virtual reality revolution

By Pedro Lopes, November 2015

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Creativity in code

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Creativity in code

Mediums such as fine art and poetry are common subjects in computational creativity---but what about something closer to home? Can computers be as creative in programming as they are in poetry?

By Michael Cook, June 2013

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Introduction

By Justin Solomon, March 2009

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Modding

By Caio Camargo, March 2009

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Introduction

By Neel Vadoothker, December 2007

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Trends in real-time rendering

Fans of PC role-playing games need no introduction to Bioware-the Edmonton, Alberta based developer of Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, and Jade Empire, among others. The company recently opened a studio in Austin, Texas to develop a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG, or simply MMO) for an unannounced intellectual property. Ben Earhart, client technology lead on the new project, took a few hours out of his busy schedule to discuss with Crossroads the future of real-time rendering-3-D graphics that render fast enough to respond to user input, such as those required for video games.

By James Stewart, December 2007

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The student's guide to GDC

By James Stewart, December 2007

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Introduction

By Paula M. Bach, December 2006

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At a crossroads

By Paula Bach, Chris Jordon, December 2006

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The digital divide

By Scott Dyer, December 2006

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Interesting complexity

By Caio Camargo, December 2006

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A lifetime in gaming

By Audrey Christophory, December 2006

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AI and the rise of gaming middleware

By Audrey Christophory, December 2006

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The Sims 2

By Chris Dondanville, December 2006

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Modding

By Caio Camargo, December 2006

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From chasing dots to reading minds

By Damien Marshall, Tomas Ward, Séamus McLoone, December 2006

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Virtual communities and team formation

By Yanru Zhang, Michael Weiss, September 2003

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Networking

By Kostas Pentikousis, June 2003

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Game-state fidelity across distributed interactive games

By Aaron McCoy, Declan Delaney, Tomas Ward, June 2003

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Faster 3D game graphics by not drawing what is not seen

The increasing demands of 3D game realism - in terms of both scene complexity and speed of animation - are placing excessive strain on the current low-level, computationally expensive graphics drawing operations. Despite these routines being highly optimized, specialized, and often being implemented in assembly language or even in hardware, the ever-increasing number of drawing requests for a single frame of animation causes even these systems to become overloaded, degrading the overall performance. To offset these demands and dramatically reduce the load on the graphics subsystem, we present a system that quickly and efficiently finds a large portion of the game world that is not visible to the viewer for each frame of animation, and simply prevents it from being sent to the graphics system. We build this searching mechanism for unseen parts from common and easily implemented graphics algorithms.

By Kenneth E. Hoff, May 1997

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The story of XPilot

By Bjorn Stabell, Ken Ronny Schouten, November 1996

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The video game [R]evolution

By Sarah Elizabeth Burcham, November 1996

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Computer game marketing bias

By Melissa Chaika, November 1996

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Book Reviews: game programming

By Lynellen D. S. Perry, November 1996

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Software review: Doom 2

By Terry White, December 1994

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Software review: tie fighter

By Terry White, September 1994

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