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The School at Play – Conference

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Thorkild Hanghøj

Want to know how to include children in school through computer games and game mechanics? We conclude the School at Play project with two conferences – one in Aalborg, and one in Copenhagen. https://www.erap.aau.dk/event/index.php/SSiS2017

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Upcoming Mini-Track on Games and Literacy

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Thorkild Hanghøj

If you plan to write a research paper on games and literacy, you should strongly consider submitting it to this Mini-Track at ECGBL 2017 hosted by CEAGAR member Thorkild Hanghøj! Please share the link with your network. Deadline for abstract … Continue reading →

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Gaming and disabled people

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Birgitte Henningsen

Watch Associate Professor Anthony Lewis Brooks present his thoughts on gaming and disabled people here.

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Guns and Guardians: Playstyles in Destiny

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Birgitte Henningsen

by Anders Drachen Given a huge and varied game like Destiny, it is of interest to see if there are any patterns in how people play the game. There can be a variety of reasons for this – for developers … Continue reading →

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Rapid Retention Prediction in Mobile Games

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Birgitte Henningsen

by Anders Drachen Here we introduce the idea of using heuristics models in predictive mobile game analytics. Heuristics models are simple rules-sets that we construct based on machine learning-driven analysis, but which once developed can be fielded inside a game client. Heuristics models thus … Continue reading →

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News June2016: Upcoming conferences

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Birgitte Henningsen

Upcoming conferences: 10th Vienna Games Conference – FROG 2016: http://www.frogvienna.at/en/ International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 2016), Los Angeles, USA:  http://icids2016.ict.usc.edu/ Academic Mindtre Conference, Finland: http://www.mindtrek.org/2016/academic/ Games and Learning Alliance conference (GALA 2016), Netherlands: http://conf.seriousgamessociety.org/2016/

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News May2016: Call for Papers for a Special Session on Game Data Science (GDS 2016)

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Birgitte Henningsen

Call for Papers for a Special Session on Game Data Science (GDS 2016) Conference – Montreal, Canada   October 17-19, 2016 Please read more here: http://gamedatascience.org/ (DSAA 2016 / The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics)

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Game Scope research conference, Denmark, August 26th, 2016

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Birgitte Henningsen

Game Scope research conference at Aalborg University, Aalborg Campus, Northern Denmark on August 26th, 2016. http://gamescope.dk/game-scope-research-conference/ The conference is coordinated with the rest of the first Game Scope festival featuring Game City Aalborg. Other partners are The Center for Applied Game … Continue reading →

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April 2016: CEAGAR Guest Lecturer: Sebastian Deterding

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Birgitte Henningsen

CEAGAR Guest Lecturer: Sebastian Deterding / 15th of April 2016: 10-11 Alborg University, Copenhagen. ROOM: ACM auditorium. Title: Outside the Box: Toward an Ecology of Gaming Enjoyment Gamification is a debated catchword in applied games. Instead of building full-fledged games, it embeds design … Continue reading →

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News april2016: Upcoming events

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Birgitte Henningsen

COMING EVENTS: STORY – a conference on storytelling in games, 7 of April7 http://www.infinit.dk/dk/arrangementer/story—en-konference-om-storytelling-i-spil.htm Nordic Game Jam, 8-10 of April / http://nordicgamejam.org/ ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation 2016.2-3 of May /http://artsit.org/2016/show/home Designs for Learning conference, / http://www.designsforlearning2016.aau.dk/ Nordic Game Conference, … Continue reading →

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