This paper is a survey of the process and technology used for video games and tackles the problem of writing them. The first part of the paper addresses the general state of the art in the design of video games : market and technology constraints, production process. The second part is devoted to the writing of games practices and technology constraints.

Serious games for health and, more specifically, for elderly people have developed rapidly in recent years. The recent popularization of novel interaction methods of consoles, such as the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Kinect, has provided an opportunity for the elderly to engage in computer and video games. These interaction methods, however, still present various challenges for elderly users. To ...

This paper has two main aims. Firstly to conceptualize the production networks of the video games industry through an examination of its evolution intoamulti-milliondollar industry.Secondly, touse thevideogames industry to demonstrate the utility of Global Production Network approaches to understanding the geographically uneven impacts of globalization processes. In particular, three key notion...