Abstract Context: Game Software Engineering (GSE) is a branch of Software Engineering
(SE) that focuses on the development of video game applications. In past years, GSE has …

In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of digital games to enhance
teaching and learning at all educational levels, from early years through to lifelong learning …

Based on an analysis of 49 popular contemporary video games, we develop a descriptive
framework of visual interaction cues in video games. These cues are used to inform players …

Contemporary theories of video games face a double challenge: While digital convergence
decouples the previously stable bundles of 'media', instrumental play phenomena like …

Head-up displays (HUD) are important parts of visual interfaces of virtual environments such
as video games. However, few studies have investigated their role in player–video game …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of visual background complexity
and task difficulty on players' performance in a typical video game task, as a function of their …

This review of three introductory textbooks in the field of popular culture published in 2018
and 2019 focuses on the different perspectives they provide on such culture, as a means for …

This volume advances the data-based study of multimodal artefacts and performances by
showcasing methods and results from the latest endeavors in empirical multimodal …

The use of 360° videos has been increasing steadily in the 2010s, as content creators and
users search for more immersive experiences. The freedom to choose where to look at …

Background. Understanding how sound functions on informational and emotional levels
within video games is critical to understanding player experience of games. User interface …