Essays about: "recent games"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 111 essays containing the words recent games.
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1. Dungeons without Dragons : Using Tabletop Roleplaying Games for Public Archaeology
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : Among the many shifts within public archaeology and heritage during recent years is an endeavour to find new methods of engagement which has been broadly undertaken within the field. This thesis suggests one such method could be found in the use of Tabletop Roleplaying Games (TTRPGs). READ MORE
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2. A Language for Board Games – Development of an Embedded Domain-Specific Language for Describing Board Games
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknikAbstract : In recent years board games have increasingly found themselves in the digital medium. One way to enable easier creation of digital board games is to create a domainspecific language (DSL) for that purpose. This thesis details the process of developing an embedded DSL for describing board games with Haskell as its host language. READ MORE
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3. Japanese Juxtaposition : A comparative study of Japanese and Western adult games
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesignAbstract : Japanese games have received extensive attention in academic and non-academic research. However, there has been a noticeable lack of study on Japanese adult games, despite their significant presence within the industry. READ MORE
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4. The effects of Daytime/Nighttime andIndoor/Outdoor virtual environmentson game experience
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska HögskolaAbstract : Background: The usage of video games for educational purposes has become more prevalent in the recent decade. There are a lot of studies showing that video games can affect a person’s cognitive abilities. However, few studies have aspired to determine if a virtual environment can affect a person’s Game experience. READ MORE
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5. Playing with the Third Reich: Conceptual Relocation from Nazi Film to WWII Game : An Experiment to measure Filmic concepts in Digital Games
University essay from Stockholms universitet/FilmvetenskapAbstract : Film produced by Nazi Germany has been a classic that has drawn scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines as well as innumerable cineastes from various cultural backgrounds. The simultaneous rise in the number of players acting as observers and operators in digital games with a WWII theme has drawn recent scholarly attention since it is thought that this pattern is contributing to players' hazy understanding of historical events. READ MORE