Papers to Critique

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We will discuss 3 papers on Thursday, April 2. The 3 are highlighted in red below. Please read them before class.

Paper	Abstract	Paper	Student
A Review of Serious Games and Other Game Categories for Education	Abstract	PDF
A Video Game Improves Behavioral Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer: A Randomized Trial	Abstract	PDF
Audio and Gameplay: An Analysis of PvP Battlrgrounds in World of Warcraft	Abstract	HTML
Changing the Rules of the Game: How Video Game Publishers are Embracing User-Generated Derivative Works		PDF	Chris Rogers
Defining Game Mechanics	Abstract	HTML	Joe Thompson
Designing Serious Games for Computer Assisted Language Learning -- a Framework for Development and Analysis	Abstract	PDF	John Weis
Effects of exposure to sex-stereotyped video game characters on tolerance of sexual harassment	Abstract	PDF	Stephanie Barlock
Experiencing the Past through the Senses: An M-Learning Game at Archaeological Parks	Abstract	PDF	Jared Blashka
Improving Computer Game Narrative Using Polti Ratios	Abstract	HTML
Making Learning Fun: Quest Atlantis, A Game Without Guns	Abstract	PDF
Making Them Remember -- Emotional Virtual Characters with Memory	Abstract	PDF	Eric Harmon
Narrative Generation for Suspense: Modeling and Evaluation	Abstract	PDF
Orientations to Video Games Among Gender and Age Groups	Abstract	PDF	Sean Chaney
Serious Games for Higher Education: a Framework for Reducing Design Complexity	Abstract	PDF
Story-based Learning: The Imapact of Narrative on Learning Experiences and Outcomes	Abstract	PDF	Brian Jenkins
The Virtual Scylla: an exploration of "serious games", artificial life and simulation complexity	Abstract	PDF
Toward an understanding of flow in video games	Abstract	PDF
Using a Virtual Body to Aid in Exergaming System Development	Abstract	PDF
Video games and the perception of very long durations by adolescents	Abstract	PDF	Will Scotten
Virtual Torture: Videogames and the War on Terror	Abstract	HTML	Matt Schweighardt