#gamestudies

So in total I guess we have finally enough ltc for a first purchase.

Liebe Steemians, ich möchte euch heute unser Programm in "Game Studies" vorstellen, ein Master of Arts Universitätslehrgang, welcher auch in Fernlehre studiert werden kann. Nächster Start ist

The first week is over now - and that is the result. I am looking forward to give you the server access in 3 weeks. (For all of you who like Minecraft) to Beta-test our adventure. This is a foto of our

D. Schwartz, N. Youngs and A. Britto (2014) schrieben das Whitepaper „The Ripple Protocol Consenus Algorithm“. In der Ripple Blockchain sind nicht nur alle Transaktionen registriert, sondern auch der

Mit dem Thema Blockchain eng verbunden ist die erste Blockchain basierte Währung: der Bitcoin. Die Gründung des Bitcoins erfolgte aufbauend auf ein Whitepaper von Satoshi Nakamoto (2007) mit dem Titel

1980 bzw. 1982 beschreiben M. Pease, R. Shostak und L. Lamport in ihren Aufsätzen „Reaching Agreement in the Presence of Faults“ und „The Byzantine Generals Problem“ eine mathematische Lösungsvarianter

I truly recommend to read the following article from Ian Bogost:  I would love to discuss about it in the comments.

Ich bin das erste Mal näher mit Bitcoin – und somit mit der Blockchain Technologie - 2014 in Berührung gekommen. Bei meiner Keynote „Game Crime wtf ^^“ auf der F.R.O.G. Konferenz im Rahmen der Game City

It finally happend: esports is a medal event in the 2022 Asia Games. I predicted this in the year 2008 happening 2018 ;). So I was just 4 years wrong.  (Fotocredit the guardian online)

Today I like to talk about why I sometimes list the term serious game under the category of gamification - or as said in the headline as second type of gamification. I know that might sound wrong to you,

Due to some intensive job-projects I had no time to write for several days, however let me continue with a short article about player types  in esports.  But at first something completely different:

Before I continue blogging about E-Sports, Gamification and other game- and media science related subjects in English. (There are still a lot of chapters to write :) ). I like to post this link to a Keynote

Hello from Austria :). Today I am going to talk about in-game gamification. Maybe it sounds a bit weird, but some years ago I discovered that there is a new trend out in the gaming word: Setting up a

Have fun with this little video about our campus and the center for applied game studies in Krems, Austria.  Just for those of you who wonder from where my postings come from.

(fotocredit: my parents playing) For today we are going to talk about the target groups for games & gamification and a big shift that I see happening here. So lets call this subchapter:

This posting is just done because I am really happy. The book "Welt der Spiele 360 °" is printed while we speak ;). After 2yrs of work I am looking forward to have it in my hands and see it in the

So let me start with my draftpaper regarding gamification and the blockchain. Maybe you ask yourself "wtf ^^ is a draftpaper". My aim is that I split my thoughts into ~ 30 to 40 small chapters. Each chapter

Hello again, it seems I have the "steemit-virus" in a positive sense.  Yesterday I promised to talk in chapter 2 ;) about the question if e-sport is sport. This is a key question for me. And I guess

So let me start fully motivated with the first "real" posting, talking about one of the subjects I do research and lecture. I decided to start with "e-Sports" that is something that fits perfectly on a

Dear Community, my name is Alex Pfeiffer and I am head of the center for applied game studies at Donau Universität Krems in Austria. We are in the field of game research and game development for serious