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Loading... attempts to provide a mixed-methods approach to the study of digital games, and therefore invites not only traditional academic papers, but may reprint 'classic' works in the field, as well as provide a forum for machinima, new and open-source innovative code, product reviews, blogs, program descriptions and course outlines for games studies and 'conversations' within and across the trajectories of inquiry and activity that constitute Canadian Games Studies now and into the future.
A print-based and online journal, Loading... publishes empirical, theoretical, and design-based research on the multifaceted, multimodal, interdisciplinary subject of digital games. It invites papers which approach research and scholarship in the field of game studies from its many angles: social, cultural, technical, theoretical, procedural, artistic...
The journal aims to support current and future interdisciplinary, multi-method and multimodal approaches to the study of digital games. Its principal goal is to support both the established and fledgling work of Canadian scholars, to give them a voice on the international scene of game studies, and to establish a uniquely Canadian voice in a field that is currently described as a polarization of perspectives between the United States and Europe. Loading... will support the valuable contribution of Canadian scholarship in directing and shaping this burgeoning field.
Vol 3, No 5 (2009): Feature Issue: Futureplay 2009 Edition of Loading...
This issue is the culmination of a very special collaboration between Canada's annual Futureplay conference and Loading...: The Journal of the Canadian Game Studies Association.
Within this issue's pages are the highly ranked papers from Futureplay's 2008 Annual Conference
Table of Contents
Introduction
| Introduction To Special Issue: FuturePlay Selected Papers |
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Jennifer Jenson, Nis Bojin, Bill Kapralos |
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This special issue of Loading… brings together a selection of the most highly reviewed papers from the annual ACM FuturePlay 2008 International...
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Borders
| An Ethnographic Study of Collaboration in a Game Development Team |
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Minh Q. Tran, Robert Biddle |
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This paper presents an ethnographically-informed study of the practices at a game company that develops serious games for business training. Games...
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| Good Moods: Outlook, Affect and Mood in Dynemotion and the Mind Module |
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Mirjam Palosaari Eladhari, Mike Sellers |
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In this article we describe two systems for autonomous characters intended to simulate the minds of characters in virtual game worlds. These...
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Foundations and Frames
| An Emergent Framework For Realistic Psychosocial Behaviour In Non Player Characters |
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Christine Bailey, Michael Katchabaw |
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This paper introduces a framework for emergent psychosocial behaviour in non player characters in video games. This framework uses concepts behind...
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| A Framework for Games Literacy and Understanding Games |
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Jose P. Zagal |
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Based on research that studied the challenges and difficulties faced by students taking games studies and game design courses, this paper proposes...
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Elements
| Designing “Game Idea Generation” Games |
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Annakaisa Kultima, Johannes Niemelä, Janne Paavilainen, Hannamari Saarenpäa |
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This paper introduces brainstorming games developed for the use of game designers. Three games designed especially for generating new game ideas...
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| Affective Ludology, Flow and Immersion in a First- Person Shooter: Measurement of Player Experience |
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Lennart Nacke, Craig Lindley |
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Gameplay research about experiential phenomena is a challenging undertaking, given the variety of experiences that gamers encounter when playing...
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Technē
| GPU-Based One-Dimensional Convolution for Real-Time Spatial Sound Generation |
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Brent Cowan, Bill Kapralos |
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Incorporating spatialized (3D) sound cues in dynamic and interactive videogames and immersive virtual environment applications is beneficial for a...
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| Experiments in the Use of Game Technology for Pre- Visualization |
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Michael Nitsche |
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This overview paper outlines the value of real-time 3D engines for pre-visualization. Pre- visualization is a standard tool during pre-production...
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| Content Scheduling in Multimedia Interactive Mobile Games |
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M. Mohsin Saleemi, Kristian Nybom, Jerker Björkqvist, Johan Lilius |
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In this paper, we study how to implement interactive multimedia services using a DVB-H broadcast channel combined with a point-to-point channel,...
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This publication has been generously supported by Simon Fraser University through the Research Opportunities Committee, Faculty of Education and through a serial publications fund grant awarded by the University Publications Committee.
