http://www.acagamic.com usable game science Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:53:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.acagamic.com/research/caution-with-biometrics-game-evaluation-and-ux/ http://www.acagamic.com/research/caution-with-biometrics-game-evaluation-and-ux/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:05:02 +0000 Lennart Nacke http://www.acagamic.com/?p=753 http://www.acagamic.com/research/caution-with-biometrics-game-evaluation-and-ux/feed/ 0 http://www.acagamic.com/research/biofeedback/reward-anticipation-a-powerful-tool-for-game-design/ http://www.acagamic.com/research/biofeedback/reward-anticipation-a-powerful-tool-for-game-design/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:32:13 +0000 Lennart Nacke http://www.acagamic.com/?p=663 A neurobiological understanding of games has at its core the dopaminergic reward system [cite]10.1145/1920778.1920780[/cite]. The the nucleus accumbens, which is also dubbed the pleasure center of the brain, is currently understood as the critical brain region associated with the neurotransmitter dopamine, which in turn is implicated in habit formation, reward-seeking behaviors and addiction. The above [...]]]> http://www.acagamic.com/research/biofeedback/reward-anticipation-a-powerful-tool-for-game-design/feed/ 0 http://www.acagamic.com/research/combining-eyetracking-and-biometrics-with-game-metrics-logging/ http://www.acagamic.com/research/combining-eyetracking-and-biometrics-with-game-metrics-logging/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:18:28 +0000 The Acagamic http://www.acagamic.com/?p=151 The Research Paper Based on collaborative work between Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden and Otto-von-Guericke University, Germany, we recently published a paper on the integration of game metrics logging with biometric measures (as well as eye tracking). It was titled “Log Who’s Playing: Psychophysiological Game Analysis Made Easy through Event Logging” and is available in [...]]]> http://www.acagamic.com/research/combining-eyetracking-and-biometrics-with-game-metrics-logging/feed/ 0 http://www.acagamic.com/features/shoot-to-thrill-%e2%80%93-biofeedback-in-games-and-player-experience/ http://www.acagamic.com/features/shoot-to-thrill-%e2%80%93-biofeedback-in-games-and-player-experience/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:55:54 +0000 The Acagamic http://www.acagamic.com/?p=100 I was unprepared when opening the latest edition of favorite industry magazine Game Developer, when a blink on the cover should have already told me what was revealed on page 21 in this October 2008 issue. As my eyes went into saccadic overload, I could feel my lacrimal glands kicking in leading to an overlubrication [...]]]> http://www.acagamic.com/features/shoot-to-thrill-%e2%80%93-biofeedback-in-games-and-player-experience/feed/ 4 http://www.acagamic.com/broadcast/gamecareerguide-publishes-theses-from-my-students/ http://www.acagamic.com/broadcast/gamecareerguide-publishes-theses-from-my-students/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 08:24:49 +0000 The Acagamic http://www.acagamic.com/?p=71 Two students I supervised last year have finished their theses this year. We decided to hand their work in for publishing in the GameCareerGuide this month and they did publish both works. Both theses were conducted as part of the EU-financed research project FUGA and both achieved outstanding grades at their respective defenses. The publications [...]]]> http://www.acagamic.com/broadcast/gamecareerguide-publishes-theses-from-my-students/feed/ 1 http://www.acagamic.com/research/biofeedback/real-time-integration-eye-tracking-and-eeg/ http://www.acagamic.com/research/biofeedback/real-time-integration-eye-tracking-and-eeg/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:02:29 +0000 The Acagamic http://www.acagamic.com/?p=37 It is becoming more popular to integrate eye trackers directly with EEG acquisition hardware (and software). As the company Advanced Neuro Technology reports, they have now created a real-time system integration of their ASA-LAB with Tobii eye trackers. Now, this sounds really excellent as the two systems now also share event information (for example trigger [...]]]> http://www.acagamic.com/research/biofeedback/real-time-integration-eye-tracking-and-eeg/feed/ 0 http://www.acagamic.com/research/biofeedback/psychophysiology-of-james-bond-in-wired/ http://www.acagamic.com/research/biofeedback/psychophysiology-of-james-bond-in-wired/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:11:35 +0000 The Acagamic http://www.acagamic.com/?p=33 I was very happy to see a Wired article about our fellow FUGA partners from CKIR and their (by now already 3 years old) research on the digital game James Bond, which was played by 36 Finnish students for their research experiment. The article itself was called “The psychophysiology of James Bond: Phasic emotional responses [...]]]> http://www.acagamic.com/research/biofeedback/psychophysiology-of-james-bond-in-wired/feed/ 2