This poster sketches the outlines of a theoretical research framework to assess whether and on what grounds certain behavioral effects may be attributed to particular game mechanics and game play aspects. It is founded on the Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion (ELM), which is quite appropriate …

Many research projects have assessed the possibility and effectiveness of implementing games as health interventions. Recent literature shows generally positive results in specific case studies. However we acknowledged that research projects in this field regularly seem to disregard the connection to …

In mijn lezing ga ik kort in op enkele verschillende opvattingen en maatschappelijke benaderingen over wat kunst is (en hoe die tot een uitspraak kunnen leiden als die uit de titel, van wijlen filmcriticus Roger Ebert). Vanuit een cultureel-cognitieve invalshoek behandel ik vervolgens de verschillen …

Experimental setup of motivating physiotherapy clients to perform balancing exercises at home through the use of a game with custom ‘wobble board’ hardware and iPadaccelerometer data.

The use of games as interventions in the domain of health care is of-ten paired with evaluating the effects in randomized clinical trials. The iterative design and development process of games usually also involves an evaluation phase, aimed at identifying improvements for subsequent iterations. Since …