The Acagamic

When I go to an event, I give a roundup of what happened there.

The summer is hot - not only in terms of weather or the wonderful German soccer team, but also considering the amount of lectures I will be giving during my stay here in Germany, mostly at the IJK in Hannover. My stay was kicked off two weeks ago, when I met competent German addiction researcher [...]

So, neurotechnology for games is definitely on the rise. Usability and interaction research in games and player experience as well, judging from the positive reception of the talk I gave on the Quo Vadis 2008 Entwicklerkonferenz in Berlin last week. Now, I finally found the time to upload the slides. Hope they are helpful to [...]

After having the great chance to speak in Helsinki at our recent FUGA project meeting about Game Design and Player Emotions, where I talked about using psychophysiological measurements to validate game design elements for specific player emotions, I had the pleasure of being invited to Germany’s Quo Vadis Entwicklerkonferenz (game developers conference).
While last year, I [...]

After receiving a travel budget from my University for the first time, I came to sit down and have a look at potentially interesting conferences for the young game academics among us. Now, with so many different focus areas within games your planning might differ. Nevertheless, I though it would be nice to share some [...]