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CHI
2011
ACM
13 years 5 days ago
2011
ACM
In games where skills such as targeting are critical to winning, it is difficult for players with different skill levels to have a competitive and engaging experience. Although se...
CSCW
2006
ACM
14 years 8 days ago
2006
ACM
We analyze collaborative play in an online video game, World of Warcraft, the most popular personal computer game in the United States, with significant markets in Asia and Europe...
ACII
2007
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
2007
Springer
In past years, computer game designers have tried to increase player engagement by improving the believability of characters and environment. Today, the focus is shifting toward im...
OZCHI
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2005
ACM
Supporting awareness plays a prominent role in facilitating natural and effective communication in Instant Messaging (IM). This paper reports our empirical study of awareness in I...
WWW
2010
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
2010
ACM
In an ideal world, interface design is the art and science of helping users accomplish tasks in a timely, efficient, and pleasurable manner. This paper studies the inverse situati...