Emotions are multifaceted phenomena that affect our behaviour, perception, and cognition.
Increasing evidence indicates that induction mechanisms play a crucial role in triggering …

Affective computing, as a novel paradigm, adds a new feature into the human-computer
interactions era that brings emotions into the process of design and evaluation. Such …

Video games are changing how we interact and communicate with each other. They can
provide an authentic and collaborative platform for building new communities and …

Users' emotional engagement in a task is important for performance and motivation. Non-
intrusive, computerized process measures of engagement have the potential to provide fine …

Game experience testing, an essential process for developing and servicing high-quality
games, aims to evaluate and improve the play experience from the user perspective …

This book brings together ideas about defamiliarization and poetic gameplay that I have
been exploring for some time but had not clearly grounded either historically or theoretically …

The affective experience generated when users play computer games can influence their
attitude and preference towards the game. Existing evaluation means mainly depend on …

In the fast-paced world of esports, effective communication is crucial for team success. This
study investigates the impact of communication styles on players' perception of performance …

Formalism is often used as an all-embracing term covering a range of ontological and
methodological approaches in game studies, with little connection to the history or tradition …

Understanding feelings in Virtual Reality (VR) games is vital for enhancing engagement in
human-computer interaction. Traditional methods for assessing emotions and player …