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SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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14 years 3 months ago
Game-themed programming assignments for faculty: a case study
Despite the proven success of using computer video games as a context for teaching introductory programming (CS1/2) courses, barriers including the lack of adoptable materials, re...
Cinnamon Hillyard, Robin Angotti, Michael Panitz, ...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
Stirring up experience through movement in game play: effects on engagement and social behaviour
The recent development of controllers designed around natural body movements has altered the nature of gaming and contributed towards it being marketed as a more social activity. ...
James Le Couteur, Nadia Berthouze, Siân E. L...
SIGMOD
2008
ACM
154views Database» more  SIGMOD 2008»
14 years 10 months ago
SEMMO: a scalable engine for massively multiplayer online games
We propose to demonstrate SEMMO, a consistency server for MMOs. The key features of SEMMO are its novel distributed consistency protocol and system architecture. The distributed n...
Nitin Gupta 0003, Alan J. Demers, Johannes Gehrke
IEEECGIV
2005
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
A Practical Implementation of a 3-D Game Engine
Creating a 3-D game engine is not a trivial task as gamers often demand for high quality output with top notch performance in games. In this paper, we show you how various real-ti...
Thomas C. S. Cheah, Kok-Why Ng
EDUTAINMENT
2009
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Matchmaker: Interpersonal Touch in Gaming
Acts of interpersonal touch – a touch shared between two people – are used by couples to communicate in a simple and emotionally intimate way. In this paper, we argue that the ...
Cody Watts, Ehud Sharlin, Peter Woytiuk