Even in heavily unionized Hollywood, there are ominous trends: While IATSE is an international union, major studio productions now routinely escape high labor costs in Hollywood by filming abroad. And the movie industry hasn't avoided the problems of the game industry entirely.
Read MoreThe power of our gaming memories is perhaps most clearly seen as nostalgia: in the rise of retro-style games and actual retro games, in the numerous remakes and remasters, and in game design elements like pixel graphics and a return to simplicity. Some research has explored how games affect our memory, and I don't just mean those "Memory" or "Brain" games, which often aren't very compelling and might not help your memory either.
Read MorePopular video games have the potential to provide low-cost, easy access, effective and stigma-free support for some mental health issues, researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, have found.
Read MoreUS, Israel, Bahrain, UAE youth to combine in development exchange program to create video games with a social message. The US State Department is set to help 2,700 students in the United States, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain engage in a virtual student exchange program centered on the development and creation of social impact video games.
Read MoreMy wife, Jill, and her phone are like Siamese twins - attached all the time. Jill, who has Huntington's disease, stares into her phone for hours when we are at home, playing puzzle, tile, and problem-solving games such as Tile Master, Candy Crush Saga, Tile Connect, Perfect Time, and Get It Right!
Read MoreMultiplayer gaming has seen a huge rise in popularity over the last couple of decades. More and more players are turning their attention to online games, and this has lead to a huge surge in options like this hitting the market. This is great for gamers, and it means that there is almost certainly a game or two on the market that all of your friends will like. Let’s take a look at some of the steps that you will need to take when you want to prepare a games session for you and your friends, giving everyone the chance to take part.
Read MoreOnline games are obviously popular; an increasing number of people are opting to play them, whether it's for fun, to win, or for another reason such as better dexterity. Online games have been one of the most popular pastimes in recent years, and it's easy to understand why. Here are a few of the reasons.
Read MoreLearning games, often associated with the idea of "Serious play", can refer to either games intentionally designed for learning or entertainment games used to teach. Scholars are constantly studying new ways to employ games and discovering how those learning games affect the learning experience.
Read MoreI work in a very small niche: I create and research games intended to be played in reality - stories and games designed to come to life around the players, using the real world as the backdrop. The games I design entice players through clever rabbit holes found in the real world that start them searching for answers - maybe something written on a billboard, seen at a rally or printed on a flier.
Read MoreOne of Carnegie's rules says that if you want to be interesting, you should be interested in others. Being interested in your audience can help you find ideas that resonate with them. An interest in psychology can find better ways to keep that audience engaged.
Read MoreJack Ford Morgan and Callan Davis who are the co-owners of Half Monster Games. Mr Ford Morgan said just as the variety and complexity of games had changed, so too had attitudes. "A lot of the stigma that existed ... about nerds and geeks and that kind of culture is really evaporating with all the focus that is put on diversity and inclusion," he said.
Read MoreI couldn't figure out what the downside would be to not offering difficulty options for players at the beginning of the game. Many games out there fail to implement innovative difficulty settings and instead rely entirely on the tweaking of stats while everything else remains the same. This is lazy game design, but this is not all games.
Read MorePlaying is a natural human instinct, and as our work environment continues to evolve, it's even more important to understand, leverage and even celebrate the traits that set us apart from machines and algorithms by breathing a new life into our business meetings and workplace culture.
Read MoreSome experts regard the time kids spend socializing with their friends while gaming online as a lifeline during the pandemic, while others maintain that video games can actually enhance kids' remote learning. Non-digital games are enjoying a resurgence: Even before the pandemic, tabletop board games were experiencing a meteoric rise in popularity, and during the pandemic, classic games like Monopoly and The Game of Life have become a staple in many homes.
Read MoreThe adventures we've already had in our imaginations rival most fantasy books I've read. D&D has helped me escape from the real world, expand my creativity, improve my strategy and problem-solving skills, and stay connected with friends. My character in D&D, on the other hand, is the most muscular female dwarf in all of Inathra.
Read MoreThe adventures we've already had in our imaginations rival most fantasy books I've read. D&D has helped me escape from the real world, expand my creativity, improve my strategy and problem-solving skills, and stay connected with friends. My character in D&D, on the other hand, is the most muscular female dwarf in all of Inathra.
Read MoreMilitary leaders, deep thinkers, and gaming enthusiasts alike can look forward to a new invention that may be coming to tabletop exercises in the near future. Troy Pierce, a C-130 Hercules navigator and student at the Marine Corps War College, introduced a game of his own invention, called "Kingfish ACE" to members from the 821st Contingency Response Group at Travis Air Force Base, California, March 25-26.
Read MoreThe latest board game in the Pax series, Transhumanity sees players enacting the role of a "Startup entrepreneur in the not-too-distant future"2 endeavoring to ensure that their particular vision for humanity's future is the dominant one. Although such logics are typically associated with videogames, notably in the work of Alexander Galloway,3 board games offer a uniquely productive view of how algorithmic culture has so interpenetrated our daily lives.
Read MoreHis tech of choice: video games-specifically narrative-based digital games that engage students by engrossing them in a story. His guiding belief is that "Modern video games have the potential to be taught as humanely and deeply as any traditional text." According to Fallon, "Students are living, shaping and immersed within a modular, meme-soaked, multimedia world, and video games are a dominant art form within that world."
Read MoreWhether it is sharing a philosophical world view with games like 'Spec Ops: The Line'(YAGER and Darkside Game Studios, 2012), that actively challenge the player to think about their morality behind their actions throughout the story of a trio of military personnel fighting for their lives in Dubai, to smaller titles that try to teach you more personal lessons.
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