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Miguel Sicart
Researcher at IT University of Copenhagen
Publications - 45
Citations - 3358
Miguel Sicart is an academic researcher from IT University of Copenhagen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Game design & Game mechanics. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 43 publications receiving 3011 citations. Previous affiliations of Miguel Sicart include Massachusetts Institute of Technology & University of Copenhagen.
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Gamification. using game-design elements in non-gaming contexts
TL;DR: This workshop brings together practitioners and researchers to develop a shared understanding of existing approaches and findings around the gamification of information systems, and identify key synergies, opportunities, and questions for future research.
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The Ethics of Computer Games
TL;DR: Sicart as mentioned in this paper argues that computer games are ethical objects, that computer game players are ethical agents, and that the ethics of computer games should be seen as a complex network of responsibilities and moral duties.
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Play Matters
TL;DR: Sicart as discussed by the authors argues that play is a form of understanding what surrounds us and a way of engaging with others, and that play goes beyond games; it is a mode of being human.
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The banality of simulated evil: designing ethical gameplay
TL;DR: The paper proposes a set of game design suggestions based on the Information Ethics concept of Levels of Abstraction which can be applied to formalise ethical challenges into gameplay mechanics; thus allowing game designers to incorporate ethics as part of the experience of their games.