Our #CHI2021 paper (with @juliaabopp, Thudy Nguyen &
@elisamekler) summarising and discussing insights from designers of emotionally impactful games is available now: https://t.co/tB3DNiAYmu.
Presentation + Q&A are at 12:00am and 4:00pm GMT+1 on Thursday. See you there 🙃
Our paper "Whatever the Emotional Experience, It's Up to Them": Insights from Designers of Emotionally Impactful Games with @juliaabopp, @elisamekler and Thudy Nguyen was conditionally accepted to #chi2021 A huge thanks to my ace co-authors and the awesome participants! 💜
The news is in. 3/3 #chi2021 got cond accepted. Very grateful to everyone involved, and especially huge thanks to my co-authors! (1) @stillisles (2) @karydam1 & @andrikos (3) @SevenFridays@juliaabopp & Thuy Duong Nguyen. Stay tuned for paper details
Emotionally challenging part: done; enjoyment followed; awaiting appreciation! Thanks to all for joining on Friday❣️A special thanks to @reganmandryk for being my opponent😊
Julia Ayumi Bopp found in her research that video games evoke all kinds of emotions and players appreciate those emotions although they're not always positive. Julia will defend her dissertation this Friday. Big congrats! 🎉@AaltoUniversity@elisamekler https://t.co/j9wO9Pi9mI
If you're interested in emotional games, tune in today *14.00 UTC* to the kick-off of our Sad Games #gamejam. Even if you don't participate in the jam, you can join @aakoo, myself and @vkankainen discussing sad game examples: https://t.co/P1kqQvA8WL
If you're interested in games that might challenge how you think or feel, then please consider signing up for @WhitbyWrites's study. Retweets also welcome :-)
@stillisles@CSAalto Look also forward to the #chi2020 papers (1) by @stillisles on how gaming may restore wellbeing after need frustration, and (2) @juliaabopp's collab with @mjlkors et al @TUE_ID on using VR to foster other-oriented empathy towards Fukushima evacuees. Congrats everyone!!
Bernerinnen und Berner!
Nächsten Freitag diskutiere ich im @PolitForumBern gemeinsam mit @juliaabopp, Helen Galliker und @guidoberger über Politik in Digitalen Spielen und der @pachukipachuki hält eine kurze Einführung in das Thema. #GameStudies
@juliaabopp now presents our work on emotional character attachment, which received an Honorable Mention award! Julia will soon join @CSAalto as a PhD student #chiplay19 @AaltoResearch
Was haben Games mit Politik zu tun?
Podiumsdiskussion am 8. November mit @game_politics, @juliaabopp und Helen Galliker im @PolitForumBern 💕
https://t.co/OfW49DEc1B
Both papers accepted to #chiplay19 :D (1) Coauthored w @juliaabopp on emotional attachment to game characters. (2) Coauthored w @shaghayeghroohi @MikkeTavast @tatublomqvist & Perttu Hämäläinen @CSAalto on automated recognition of streamers' emotional expressions w small data sets