scholarly journals THE CASUAL GAMES DISCUSSION: DEFINE, DESIGN, PLAYERS AND BENEFITS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEYING SUN ◽  
JIAQI LI
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
Casual Games ◽  
Game Players ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Casual Game

Abstract. In recent years, the market for casual games has been expanding, and so has the number of players. Many researchers have studied casual games in different aspects. This paper summarizes the articles and studies of scholars, and attempts to discuss the definition of casual games, the design emphasis of casual games, the basic attributes of casual game players, and the physical and psychological benefits of playing casual games.

Casual Games Before Casual Games: Historicizing Paper Puzzle Games in an Era of Digital Play

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Game Studies ◽  
Initial Examination ◽  
Six Traits ◽  
Casual Games ◽  
Temporal Flexibility ◽  
Puzzle Games ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
Casual Game ◽  
First Time

This article examines “paper puzzle games”—crosswords, Sudoku, Kakuro, word searches, and so forth—in order to historicize and contextualize “casual games,” complicate our notions of “casual” play, and open up paper puzzle games to game studies consideration for the first time. The article begins by identifying the dearth of literature on paper puzzle games and offers an initial examination of these games through the lens of casual games, play, and players. It focuses on six traits in casual game design: appealing themes, ease of access, ease of learning, minimal required expertise, fast rewards, and temporal flexibility. It demonstrates that—from a perspective of mechanics, demographics, and contexts of play—paper puzzle games are excellent examples of casual games and therefore important to fully study. It also shows the complexity of paper puzzles as a topic in their own right, opening them up for future examination.

The Free-to-play Time of Women in Brazil : Localized Mobile and Casual Games

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Schleiner
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Location ◽  
Global South ◽  
Feminist Studies ◽  
Entertainment Media ◽  
Mobile Games ◽  
Daily Routines ◽  
Game Mechanics ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
Casual Games ◽  
Casual Game

This chapter looks at the rising popularity of casual mobile games in the global South with a spotlight on Brazil. Initially costless, ‘free-to-play’ games are appealing to increasingly gender-diverse players. Structurally, the addictive features of design are looked at carefully, especially in relation to temporality and pacing, drawing from past feminist studies of how women incorporate entertainment media like television into their daily routines. I question whether players are empowered, or whether they are exploited by such sticky casual game mechanics. The intersectional analysis in this chapter takes both gender, and the geographic location of developers and players into account. This chapter also discusses localization strategies that Northern developers are implementing for marketing casual mobile games in the global South.

Griefing and Deception in Video Games: Examining Attitudes towards the Phenomena

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria L. Rubin ◽  
Sarah C. Camm
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Nous Avons ◽  
Game Players ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
E Mail

Though not new to online gamers, griefing – an act of play intended to cause grief to game players – is understudied in LIS scholarship. We expand on the definition of griefing for library contexts by considering its deceptive elements and examining gamers’ attitudes in a gaming forum and an e-mail survey.Bien que connu des joueurs de jeux vidéo, le terme griefing, qui fait référence à un acte dont le but est de gêner ou d’emmerder les autres joueurs, est sous-étudié dans le domaine de la bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information. Nous avons étendu la définition de griefing au contexte bibliothéconomique en considérant sa nature trompeuse et en examinant les attitudes des joueurs d’un forum de jeu et les réponses d’un questionnaire par courriel. 

Introductory paper

1966 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 3-5
Author(s):  
W. W. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Line Intensity ◽  
Classification Scheme ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Spectral Classification ◽  
Dimensional Array ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
Metallic Line ◽  
Introductory Paper ◽  
Parameter Varying ◽  
Definition Of

1. The definition of “normal” stars in spectral classification changes with time; at the time of the publication of theYerkes Spectral Atlasthe term “normal” was applied to stars whose spectra could be fitted smoothly into a two-dimensional array. Thus, at that time, weak-lined spectra (RR Lyrae and HD 140283) would have been considered peculiar. At the present time we would tend to classify such spectra as “normal”—in a more complicated classification scheme which would have a parameter varying with metallic-line intensity within a specific spectral subdivision.

2.2. Working Group 2: Conceptual Definitions of Reference Coordinate Systems for Earth Dynamics

1975 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 21-26
Keyword(s):  
Coordinate System ◽  
Working Group ◽  
General Character ◽  
Coordinate Systems ◽  
Reference Coordinate System ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Earth Dynamics

An ideal definition of a reference coordinate system should meet the following general requirements:1. It should be as conceptually simple as possible, so its philosophy is well understood by the users.2. It should imply as few physical assumptions as possible. Wherever they are necessary, such assumptions should be of a very general character and, in particular, they should not be dependent upon astronomical and geophysical detailed theories.3. It should suggest a materialization that is dynamically stable and is accessible to observations with the required accuracy.

Symbiotic Stars at Optical, Infrared and Radio Wavelengths

1979 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 125-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Regime ◽  
Type Star ◽  
Stellar Systems ◽  
Symbiotic Stars ◽  
Lower Excitation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Original Type

No paper of this nature should begin without a definition of symbiotic stars. It was Paul Merrill who, borrowing on his botanical background, coined the termsymbioticto describe apparently single stellar systems which combine the TiO absorption of M giants (temperature regime ≲ 3500 K) with He II emission (temperature regime ≳ 100,000 K). He and Milton Humason had in 1932 first drawn attention to three such stars: AX Per, CI Cyg and RW Hya. At the conclusion of the Mount Wilson Ha emission survey nearly a dozen had been identified, and Z And had become their type star. The numbers slowly grew, as much because the definition widened to include lower-excitation specimens as because new examples of the original type were found. In 1970 Wackerling listed 30; this was the last compendium of symbiotic stars published.

Immunoferritin localization of intracellular antigens in positively stained frozen sections

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-169
Author(s):  
K. T. Tokuyasu
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Water Surface ◽  
Thin Layers ◽  
The Other ◽  
Positive Staining ◽  
Frozen Sections ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ultrathin Frozen Sections ◽  
Definition Of

During the past investigations of immunoferritin localization of intracellular antigens in ultrathin frozen sections, we found that the degree of negative staining required to delineate u1trastructural details was often too dense for the recognition of ferritin particles. The quality of positive staining of ultrathin frozen sections, on the other hand, has generally been far inferior to that attainable in conventional plastic embedded sections, particularly in the definition of membranes. As we discussed before, a main cause of this difficulty seemed to be the vulnerability of frozen sections to the damaging effects of air-water surface tension at the time of drying of the sections.Indeed, we found that the quality of positive staining is greatly improved when positively stained frozen sections are protected against the effects of surface tension by embedding them in thin layers of mechanically stable materials at the time of drying (unpublished).

Initial Polymerization Sites Indicated During Mitochondrial Oxidation of Diaminobenzidine after Toluene Treatment

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 408-409
Author(s):  
W. A. Shannon ◽  
M. A. Matlib
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Permeability ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Precise Definition ◽  
Cytochemical Localization ◽  
Oxidative Reaction ◽  
Mitochondrial Oxidation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Exogenous Substrates

Numerous studies have dealt with the cytochemical localization of cytochrome oxidase via cytochrome c. More recent studies have dealt with indicating initial foci of this reaction by altering incubation pH (1) or postosmication procedure (2,3). The following study is an attempt to locate such foci by altering membrane permeability. It is thought that such alterations within the limits of maintaining morphological integrity of the membranes will ease the entry of exogenous substrates resulting in a much quicker oxidation and subsequently a more precise definition of the oxidative reaction.The diaminobenzidine (DAB) method of Seligman et al. (4) was used. Minced pieces of rat liver were incubated for 1 hr following toluene treatment (5,6). Experimental variations consisted of incubating fixed or unfixed tissues treated with toluene and unfixed tissues treated with toluene and subsequently fixed.

Application of Scanning Electron Microscopy to Medical Research

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 12-13
Author(s):  
J. D. Hutchison
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Medical Research ◽  
Prosthetic Heart Valve ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Mechanism Of Failure ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Scanning Electron

When the transmission electron microscope was commercially introduced a few years ago, it was heralded as one of the most significant aids to medical research of the century. It continues to occupy that niche; however, the scanning electron microscope is gaining rapidly in relative importance as it fills the gap between conventional optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.IBM Boulder is conducting three major programs in cooperation with the Colorado School of Medicine. These are the study of the mechanism of failure of the prosthetic heart valve, the study of the ultrastructure of lung tissue, and the definition of the function of the cilia of the ventricular ependyma of the brain.

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