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5 Dec 2018
More rewards create a more pleasing experience for the player - and make them expend more effort. Check out the write-up on some of our recently published research on video game rewards by @_DanielJ_
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18 May 2022
The latest GRID lab paper "Self-Regulation as a Mediator of the Associations Between Passion for Video Games and Well-Being" is free to download at present (before it goes behind the journal paywall). Please enjoy :-) bit.ly/3szs2Xd
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GRIDLab retweeted
25 Nov 2018
Huge thanks to @RDiddyAU and @qutesports for hosting our wellplayedproject.com event today. All the fun was had and we’re already making plans for the next event (make sure you register your interest). Shout out to all our online participants (not featured in our photos)
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13 Nov 2018
WellPlayed is hosting an online event for Movember on 25/11! Play games, earn Valve Family and Friends keys (free Valve games for life), and raise awareness for men's mental health - all from the comfort of your own home.
Deets:
wellplayedproject.com/event
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30 Aug 2018
This fortnight's bonus reading:
The ethics of human-chicken relationships in video games: the origins of the digital chicken (Fothergill & Flick, 2016). 🐔
dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2…
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GRIDLab retweeted
13 Aug 2018
Joining forces with @QUTSciEng students of #GameDesign to prototype #VR4Kids in hospitals #SecretWorlds for #BraveKids #SprintOne @QUTdesign
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GRIDLab retweeted
8 Aug 2018
If you missed it, here are the intro slides to our #fdg18 panel #comingshitstorm on game design & research ethics in the age of big game data and automated engagement optimisation: j.mp/2Mugqxy
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1 Aug 2018
We have a short-standing tradition at the GRID Lab of getting together fortnightly to read/discuss an interesting paper that we might have otherwise missed. Broaden your horizons with us! This fortnight: teabagging in video games
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GRIDLab retweeted
16 Jul 2018
New Psychology of Games article is up: Part of why Fortnite is so popular is the way it uses random rewards –and I don’t mean just loot drops. psychologyofgames.com/2018/0…
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27 Jun 2018
"Board games are a magnet for people to come together." GRIDLab's @selentrky on bonding with #boardgames and #tabletop games 🐲🎲 abc.net.au/news/2018-06-27/b… via @ABCNews
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GRIDLab retweeted
19 Jun 2018
Esports & Competitive Gaming (June 2018).
Esports Games are potentially multiple and varied, and allow very different video game experiences. Here is the latest updated collaborative mapping of all these possibilities, whether the games have a competitive pro or amateur scene.
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19 Jun 2018
Our very own Daniel Johnson (@_DanielJ_) chimes in on gaming addiction. "When we pathologise those things ... we start confusing healthy normal behaviour with unhealthy abnormal behaviour." abc.net.au/triplej/programs/…
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GRIDLab retweeted
11 Jun 2018
Announced the QUT Game Development Club's mid-year VR project!
Check out the event over on the Facebook Page:
facebook.com/groups/qutgdc/
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7 Jun 2018
Neat write-up on a pretty cool method for evaluating the player experience:
medium.com/@derekpost/visual…
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30 May 2018
The influence of video game rewards on the player experience! Here's a link to our sparkling new paper - anyone can access for free for the next 48 days:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1X6qV…
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23 May 2018
Are you intrinsically motivated to install virtual drywall? x.com/JamieMadigan/status/99…
22 May 2018
A home repair simulator is one of Steam’s best-sellers polygon.com/2018/5/21/173771… via @Polygon. I explain why these kind of "play a job" games are popular here: psychologyofgames.com/2017/0…
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GRIDLab retweeted
6 May 2018
Keen on #science, beer or both?
Pint of Science combines 🔬& 🍻 with 88 events across Australia May 14-16. Learn something new over a brew!
Program & tickets: pintofscience.com.au.
Proudly powered by @CSIROnews, Australia's national science agency.
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15 May 2018
Thanks all for coming to the WellPlayed event at #Netherworld this past Sunday! Cubes were exploded, strange jelly physics fights on top of blimps were had, and prizes were won.
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9 May 2018
The WellPlayed Project is hosting a social gaming session at #Netherworld in #Brisbane this Sunday (13/05)! Come along, play video games, help with games research, and maybe win a shiny new PS4 or Xbox One: bit.ly/2wnlh0b