Objective: Serious games may be effective in promoting sexual health behavior. Their
confidential nature may encourage users to discuss sensitive sexuality topics. Furthermore …

Serious games are designed to entertain and educate players, and to promote behavioral
change. This chapter reviews characterizations of serious games and the theoretical …

This study examines the effects of presence when respondents played a golf game using
virtual golf simulators. The respondents were able to use real golf clubs and accurate swing …

Background: Serious digital games can be effective at changing healthy lifestyles, but large
differences in their effectiveness exist. The extent of user involvement in game design may …

Operation ARIES! is a serious game that teaches critical thinking about scientific inquiry. The
player must help to identify aliens on Earth who are intentionally publishing bad research …

This article describes a case study on MuseUs, a pervasive serious game for use in
museums, running as a smartphone app. During the museum visit, players are invited to …

Increasing the range of methods available for researching design cognition provides new
opportunities for studying the phenomena of interest. Here we propose an approach for …

Purpose This study uses a critically acclaimed digital game as an instructional tool to
explore the role of emotional design elements on psychological flow and perceived learning …

Serious digital games may be an effective tool for prosocial message dissemination
because they offer technology and experiences that encourage players to share them with …

Gamification services are hailed as effective tools for influencing users' behaviours,
increasing engagement, motivation, and enhancing learning. In the field of behaviour …