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Joost Raessens travels to China to establish connections among possible partners in the field of serious gaming

Joost Raessens recently visited Beijing (China) in order to establish connections among possible partners in the domain of creative industries (universities, academies, companies), particularly in the field of serious gaming. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION The initial reason for this trip was the Chinese-Dutch Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme (JSTP), an NWO research programme that enables bilateral collaboration Read More

10th annual Foundations of Digital Games

In June 2015, the 10th annual Foundations of Digital Games (FDG2015, www.foundationsofdigitalgames.org) conference was hosted at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California, USA. Martijn Kors and Ben Schouten attended the conference to share our PGiC design-oriented research focus. At the conference Martijn presented his paper A Foundation for the Persuasive Gameplay Experience, which Read More

Teresa de la Hera receives Spanish award for her PhD thesis “Persuasive Structures in Advergames”

The PhD thesis Persuasive Structures in Advergames by our own Teresa de la Hera has been awarded as the best academic work by a Spanish scholar in the field of audiovisual communication. The prize was awarded by the Consell de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya, a Spanish organisation committed to promoting research in the audiovisual sector. The Read More