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	Browse All Reviews > Computing Milieux (K) > Personal Computing (K.8)     Options: All Media Types Journals Proceedings Div Books Whole Books Other Date Reviewed Title Author Publisher Published Date Descending Ascending     1-10 of 250 Reviews about "Personal Computing (K.8)": Date Reviewed   The structure of game design Wang W., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 298 pp.  Type: Book (3031322010) Game design may seem mystifying to the uninitiated, but Wallace Wang’s The structure of game design attempts to demystify the process of turning an idea into an actual playable game. Structured more like a textbook than a trade book, ... Feb 29 2024    The stuff games are made of Barr P., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2023. 184 pp.  Type: Book (0262546116) What do we consider the “stuff” that makes up a video game? Is it interesting gameplay? Compelling graphics? Lifelike effects and fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS)? Deep strategy? Engaging mechanics that don’t let you go, tha... Nov 20 2023   Language, gender and videogames: using corpora to analyse the representation of gender in fantasy videogames Heritage F., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2021. 199 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-030743-97-0) It has often been stated that the videogaming environment is filled with machismo, and there are many observations to that end: numerous studies have been published that back this assertion, based on the size comparison of the male and female gami... Apr 25 2023   Unity virtual reality development with VRTK4: a no-coding approach to developing immersive VR experiences, games, & apps Coutinho C., Apress, New York, NY, 2022. 428 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-484279-32-8) This book provides practical knowledge and step-by-step instructions on how to use Unity and VRTK version 4 to develop virtual reality (VR) experiences. By the end of the book, readers will be able to “create advanced VR mechanics that can b... Dec 22 2022    Ludics: play as humanistic inquiry Rapti V., Gordon E., Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 2021. 495 pp.  Type: Book (978-9-811574-34-4) This book is a collection of 20 essays on the philosophy and sociology of games and play. Lest this sound a little too arcane, I would point out that this is obviously relevant to the design of video games of all kinds. And it can help us understa... Jan 4 2022   Digital behaviour change interventions to break and form habits Pinder C., Vermeulen J., Cowan B., Beale R. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction 25(3): 1-66, 2018.  Type: Article, Reviews: (2 of 2) In simple terms, a habit is defined as a learned impulse. This paper explores the multifaceted world of behavioral change and the myriad associated theories. It is difficult to summarize the complexity and range of theories explored by... Aug 23 2021   Video games and well-being: press start Kowart R., Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, 2020. 166 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-030327-69-9) This is an interesting book. Video games and well-being is an evangelistic work, defending the worth of video games in providing innocent pleasure along with educational, intellectual, and emotional value.... Feb 4 2021   Games user research Drachen A., Mirza-Babaei P., Nacke L., Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, NY, 2018. 560 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-198794-84-4) Games user research (GUR) is a developing field that provides insight into game development, testing, and evaluation, incorporating player/user involvement and the playing and development environments. GUR tends to focus on the game pl... Jul 2 2020   Make your own Scratch games! Anthropy A., No Starch Press, San Francisco, CA, 2019. 192 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-593279-36-3) The beginner-friendly, block-based programming language Scratch, developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, is introduced here. The author, Anna Anthropy, is an enthusiastic game designer. The book shows he... Jan 30 2020   Location-based gaming: play in public space Leorke D., Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 2019. 266 pp.  Type: Book Location-based games, an offshoot of more traditional video games, provide unique opportunities for interaction in shared public spaces, experiments in social dynamics, artistic exploration, and of course fun. In order to more fully un... Aug 15 2019       Display 510152550100 per page
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