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Game Industry Sales Data

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After blogging about the Top 50 game developers, I got more interested in the revenue of the game industry. I have been searching for good game industry sales data for a while, since the NPD group figures are not easy to come by and studies related to revenue usually cost quite a bit [...]

Combining eye tracking and biometrics with game metrics logging

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 the [...]

Shoot To Thrill – Biofeedback in Games and Player Experience

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 [...]