Background. Games are increasingly used to collect scientific data. Some suggest that game
features like high cognitive load may limit the inferences we can draw from such data, yet no …

Conventional digital and remote forms of play lack the physicality associated with analog
play. Research on the materiality of boardgames has highlighted the inherent material …

Games have become a popular way of collecting human subject data, based on the premise
that they are more engaging than surveys or experiments, but generate equally valid data …

Applied games are increasingly used to collect human subject data such as people's
performance or attitudes. Games afford a motive for data provision that poses a validity …

Applied games align the'fun'of gameplay with real-world outcomes to achieve social good.
For data collection outcomes (eg where games are used for experiments or citizen science) …

The idea of using games or game design elements outside of the domain of games and play
itself has been gaining traction in recent years. Often labelled as 'gamification'(Deterding …

In this paper we discuss our end-to-end process of co-design and evaluation for developing
an urban discovery mobile app that elicits personal volunteered geo-located reflections. The …