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DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Developing a hybrid of MMORPG and LARP using usability methods: the case of Takkar
This paper examines the idea of combining Live Action Role-Playing (LARP) and MMORPG into a hybrid game named Takkar. We developed three versions of Takkar in an iterative fashion...
Laust Juul Christensen, Thomas Tae-Yang Jør...
CSCW
2007
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
Doing Virtually Nothing: Awareness and Accountability in Massively Multiplayer Online Worlds
To date the most popular and sophisticated types of virtual worlds can be found in the area of video gaming, especially in the genre of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Ga...
Robert J. Moore, Nicolas Ducheneaut, Eric Nickell
CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 7 months ago
Flashlight jigsaw: an exploratory study of an ad-hoc multi-player game on public displays
As large displays become prevalent in public spaces, they could be employed to create novel game experiences for the public. We present an exploratory study of an ad-hoc multiplay...
Xiang Cao, Michael Massimi, Ravin Balakrishnan
GROUP
2010
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
The human factors of consistency maintenance in multiplayer computer games
Consistency maintenance (CM) techniques are a crucial part of many distributed systems, and are particularly important in networked games. In this paper we describe a framework of...
Cheryl Savery, T. C. Nicholas Graham, Carl Gutwin
CSCW
2006
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Strangers and friends: collaborative play in world of warcraft
We analyze collaborative play in an online video game, World of Warcraft, the most popular personal computer game in the United States, with significant markets in Asia and Europe...
Bonnie A. Nardi, Justin Harris