Most humans like games. But what are games, exactly? Not in a philosophical sense, but in the sense of “what exactly are their worky bits, so we know how to make them?” [Raph Koster] ...

Online casinos have spent the past decade refining their presentation, pace, and sensory appeal, often taking cues from the wider world of video games. While the underlying purpose differs, the ...

That “one more spin” impulse isn’t an accident. It’s a perfectly engineered behavioural loop. When you play a game from a top-tier provider like Pragmatic Play or NetEnt, you are interacting with a ...

The term gamification, which means applying game design principles in other contexts, became a buzzword about 15 years ago, mainly driven by companies offering to gamify business processes. The ...

ABSTRACT: Citizen morality reflects civilization and is significant to society. Ethics education for improving morality, especially in China, may fail because of its reliance on lecture-based teaching ...

CHESTER — When the Chicago Fire picked up their first playoff win since 2009 a week ago, they picked apart Orlando City with a standard 4-3-3 formation. When they visited Chester four days later for ...

This study used survey data collected from patients waiting for routine visits as part of a quality improvement initiative among all pediatric patients with CHD. Analysis of deidentified data was ...

World 1-1. We’ve all run, jumped, and brick-bashed our way through that familiar first stage. It seems so simple and second-nature to us now, but in this modern age of iterative entertainment, it is ...

Shigeru Miyamoto explains how Nintendo crafted the perfect level in the form of Super Mario Bros. World 1-1. World 1-1. We’ve all run, jumped, and brick-bashed our way through that familiar first ...

An introductory course exploring the fundamentals of digital game design and development. This course will use Godot 4.5 as the primary game creation tool, and it wil cover the basics of game ...

Adam is a lifelong gamer who enjoys RPGs, action adventure games and a healthy helping of VR to boot. He has written for countless sites in the gaming medium, and you can find him playing the newest ...