Many designers, policy makers, teachers, and other practitioners are beginning to
understand the usefulness of using digital games beyond entertainment. Games have been …

The authors present the methodological background to and underlying research design of
an ongoing research project on the scientific evaluation of serious games and/or computer‐…

Sex Robots are no longer science fiction and may soon be-come widespread. While much
discussion has developed in academia on their moral and social impact, sex robots have yet …

Most serious games have been developed without a proper and comprehensive design
theory. To contribute to the development of such a theory, this article presents the underlying …

Unsupervised physical rehabilitation traditionally has used motion tracking to determine
correct exercise execution. However, motion tracking is not representative of the assessment of …

From social sciences to biology and physics, gamified systems and games are increasingly
being used as contexts and tools for research: as "petri dishes" for observing macro-social …

Searching for relative mobile user interface (UI) design examples can aid interface designers
in gaining inspiration and comparing design alternatives. However, finding such design …

Programming and computational thinking skills are promoted in schools worldwide. However,
there is still a lack of tools that assist learners and educators in the assessment of these …

Esports are rapidly growing within academia. In HCI, earlier work explored how problematic
behaviors emerging from gender biases (eg, toxicity) negatively impact female participation …

The term escapism tends to be used in game research without providing any extensive
definition of what it means or acknowledging its composite nature. In this paper, the authors …