Background The present study was designed and conducted to determine the effect of video game play on pain of venipuncture in 3-6 year-old children. Materials and Methods This randomized controlled trial study was conducted on 80 hospitalized children with pain of venipuncture procedures. Playing a video computer game for children during the venipuncture procedures was the intervention for the ...

Computer Game Architecture: A large computer game is a significant technical undertaking, involving a large number of interacting components. Of course, not all computer games require the same level of complexity. Different genres of games require different capabilities. The combination of components used for a simple casual 2-dimensional game is very different from a high-end AAA 3-dimensional...

BACKGROUND Computer game addiction is excessive or compulsive use of computer and video games that may interfere with daily life. It is not clear whether video game playing meets diagnostic criteria for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). OBJECTIVES First objective is to review the literature on computer and video game addiction over the topics of d...

This paper provides an overview and analysis of local computer game jams as game making organizations that identify important problems relevant to game developer students who know and interact with each other within a physically local community of practice. Different kinds of game creation organizational forms are identified, followed by five field studies of different game development organiza...

We have created a game called Network Nightmares using an abstracted representation and simple game mechanics to introduce novice computer scientists to concepts in networks and computer security. The player plays from the perspective of a computer cracker looking for vulnerabilities in computer networks. This game uses an Angry-Birds-style interface where participants aim at and hit nodes with...

This study presents that the computer game using brain information as healthcare design outcomes is being philosophized as an object of thoughts. In order to define the philosophy of computer game with BCI (Brain-Computer Interaction), my paper examines Racing Car Game using EEG (electroencephalography) as healthcare information design outcomes and reconsiders the rule and use of BCI game in th...

Effective measurement of the enjoyment of computer game play will assist game designers to understand the strength and flaw of the game from players’ perspective. We argue that flow experience in computer game play contributes to enjoyment. This paper reports on the development of an instrument for measuring flow experience in computer game play. The instrument was developed based on the flow t...