A model to measure Quality of Experience (QoE) of Online Social Gaming

Understanding the impact of socialization on player Quality of Experience (QoE), which is an important aspect in Online Social Games (OSG), has become a hot research topic. Of the various ways of measuring the player's QoE, in this thesis, we propose and make use of the model used to extract objective data from the players in combination with...

Social gaming rules: Changing people's behavior through games

In this paper we propose an approach towards designing social games or game elements for changing people’s social behavior for serious applications. We use the concept of the magic circle, which outlines the experience of a game world as different from the real world. We can design a connection between these worlds through space, time, and...