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Season 2, Episode 2 is here! Join us as we chat all things trolls (not the toy kind) with Dr Evita March from @FedUniAustralia #podcast #trolling https://t.co/ByM0XhXlwF

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Season 2, Episode 1 - Gamification, with special guest @zacfitzwalter is out now! Join us as we chat all things points and leaderboards. https://t.co/UXZd70YiD7

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@alexbennetts @SpinelessWonder Bought and looking forward to reading it on my vacay <3

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Incredible that 6 year-olds are making games, but a worrying trend suggestive of a widening class divide in access to these skills. https://t.co/RDF4vnnfqm

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As personal assistant devices become more common in people's households, it is only a matter of time before we learn how to use them as an input for games. Could this be the revival of the mainstream choose-your-own-adventure game? https://t.co/EDUsiQIF2x

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Trolling in the real world... for good? The potential for these neural network based "chatbots" also has some interesting implications for AI driven dialogue in games. https://t.co/PvUkvt7ecT

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Games that build and rely on empathy are starting appear more often as game development tools become easier to use and more readily available. "Left on read" is an incredible example of this trend, and I highly recommend it! https://t.co/i7iW0PBLGh

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Bonfire Park is one of six shows you should see right now: https://t.co/GLCF8mb0WF

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Buy the Cards Against Humanity 'Science Pack' to support a full-ride scholarship for a woman studying in an undergrad STEM field in the USA https://t.co/JSkM6JrJyN. Or apply for the scholarship here https://t.co/o4AaIxYf5n

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@alexbennetts Gah, wish I could be there! - P

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The eternal question: how do we get young people to enjoy something they already enjoy, but with an educational slant? https://t.co/hY1EDCo03R #science #gaming #teaching #minecraft

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Hope it's not like Twitch Plays Pokemon! Engineers want gamers to pay a fee to to explore the moon with a nanobot: https://t.co/T48TgRaQN5 #science #gaming #games #moon #nanobot

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This is games for good done the best way! An Australian teenagers has created a game to help people understand his autism: https://t.co/Wpa740SQ1Z #autism #games #gaming

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We all know it, but somehow they keep working: how pokies are designed to be addictive: https://t.co/xHGkdzJU6b #science #gaming #games #pokies #gambling #psychology

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Fascinating video on using neural networks to produce self-driving Super Mario Kart AI, using only recorded gameplay footage: https://t.co/P3I1Na7bLw #science #neuralnetwork #games #gaming

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Can virtual reality replace therapy? Games are guiding patients through customised explorations of their fears: https://t.co/Wk9fg3iWnj #science #games #gaming #psychology #vr

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Not specifically research, but there could be a lot of insights to be gained by interrogating the players that are keeping a 17-year-old game alive and competitive: https://t.co/UQKnOPiWBo #science #gaming #games #elastomania

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Can video games train sailors and marines? The Office of Naval research is building a game to try and isolate which elements of games are conducive to learning: https://t.co/xyCp5Jfr6w #science #games #gaming

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Nice article on a very involved dive into the quest to create a better controller: https://t.co/TEy0iokQnB
#science #gaming #controllers