Showing papers on "Game mechanics published in 1993"

Experimental results on ultimatum games with incomplete information

Abstract: This paper is about experiments on two versions of ultimatum games with incomplete information, called the offer game and the demand game. We apply the strategy method, that is, each subject had to design a complete strategy in advance instead of reacting spontaneously to a situation which occurs in the game. Game theory predicts very similar outcomes for the offer and the demand games. Our experiments, however, show significant differences in behavior between both games. Using the strategy method, allows us to explore the motivations leading to those differences. Since each subject played the same version of the game eight rounds against changing anonymous opponents we can also study subjects' learning behavior. We propose a theory of boundedly rational behavior, called the “anticipation philosophy”, which is well supported by the experimental data.

Interactive games and method of playing

Abstract: Interactive games provide a player with an opportunity to use skill and knowledge of conventional game strategy to facilitate greater player interest. The games described herein include simulated versions of blackjack, draw poker, Hold'Em, pick seven and roulette which are playable on video display terminals, scratch-off cards or pull tab cards interchangeably. Each casino game described herein has been modified for use with the card and video format to provide a simulated game which incorporates the strategy of the related casino game.

Game theory for economists

Abstract: Introduces the game-theoretic approach of modelling economic behaviour and interaction, focusing on concepts and ideas from the field of game-theoretic models which find commonly used applications in economics. This book provides the reader with skills necessary to formalize economic games and to make them accessible for game theoretic analysis.

All Politics Is Local: and Other Rules of the Game

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The personality of fantasy game players

Abstract: Fantasy-Role Playing Games (FRPGs) have become increasingly popular over the past 20 years, following the creation in 1974 of the game Dungeons and Dragons (Butterfield, Parker & Honigmann, 1982; Gygax, 1979). Games are characterized by a set of fantastic individuals, often derived from quasi-medieval myths, whose personalities are adopted by the players. The gods, demons and other superhuman beings compete for power, influence and resources. Players control one or more characters which interact with other players’ characters, precise rules deciding the outcome of interactions. The advent of home computers in the early 1980s extended these games with the appearance of Play-By-Mailgames (PBMs) in which the players send orders to a games controller with a home computer, who implements the orders simultaneously and returns the resultant positions to players, who resubmit further orders a week or two later. Games are often run on a commercial basis, with players paying to take part and the games controller taking a portion of the entrance fees. Fantasy games often use computers extensively, and it is therefore not surprising that players tend to be male since “computer addiction” (Shotton, 1989) is primarily a male preserve

Learning from video games

Abstract: Playing video games stimulates affective, cognitive, and communicational processes, thus facilitating the emergence of knowledge. In order to support this idea, this chapter first historically contextualizes the evolution of educational video games and provides some basic classification of genres. Then it identifies the major theoretical currents that may inspire teachers and designers to develop learning scenarios adapted to educational video games. It also describes some interesting examples of the educational usage of video games by the general public and of video games specifically created for a particular pedagogical context. Several arguments are presented to stimulate discussions around motivation, evalution, and learning aspects of educational video games usage and design. With the intention of supporting an approach that responds to user needs, some models identifying user profiles are also described. Finally, this chapter presents general design specifications for successful development of educational video games projects. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-495-0.ch004

Mixing case method with business games: student evaluations

Abstract: This article explores students' perceived learning from using either a complex business game or a simple one, along with some case studies in business policy courses. The pedagogical differences between the case method and the game method are discussed. The criteria important to teaching business policies are identified. The course pedagogy involves a mix of cases, computerized business games, readings, lectures, and student presentations, with the principal emphasis on cases and games. This experiment was designed to compare the perceived effectiveness of applying a simple versus a complex game as supplements to the case method in a business policy course. There were 159 students in a business policy course who participated in the study. The results seem to indicate that the complex game is pedagogically more effective than the simple game, that the students using the complex game gain more insights into business environment and various functions of the firm, and that the complex game is as effective as ...

Politics, Logic, and Love: The Life of Jean van Heijenoort

Abstract: This practical handbook on independent game development offers expert tips on how to make successful games on your own terms. Readers will learn best practices for choosing the right game ideas, developing them efficiently, making gameplay fun, polishing a game for release, and taking games to market. Top indie game developers provide their advice, tips and tricks, and post-mortems of their experiences in hopes of encouraging more aspiring game makers to create innovative and fun games on their own.

Game theory: A basis for analyzing emerging norms and conventions in outdoor recreation

Abstract: Games of conflict, cooperation, and coordination are reviewed for their relevance to understanding outdoor recreation behavior. In conflict games players receive zero‐sum payoffs. To avoid conflict these games can be recast as cooperation games, which have non‐zero‐sum payoffs. Cooperation games are problematic because they have only one equilibrium solution that players often fail to recognize. The “Prisoner's Dilemma,” one of the most common cooperation games, is presented as a basis for understanding how norms can emerge from negotiated solutions to recreation activity and resource impact disputes. Coordination games, in which multiple equilibrium solutions are possible, are presented as another means for understanding how regular patterns of behavior can develop in outdoor recreation situations. The problem in coordination games is for players to choose one of two or more equally acceptable equilibrium solutions. Coordination games provide a basis for defining conventions, those regularizes o...

New technologies in simulation games

Abstract: New computer software allows modelers to create sophisticated educational tools based on models. Such computerized simulation games have generally failed as standalone educational tools. Effective learning requires that computerized simulation games not only simulate models but also give an understanding of structure and dynamics. Feedback during the game may be able to teach this systems understanding without textbook readings. Computerized feedback requires new methods of “expert” computer analysis; some methods are suggested in this article. Simulation games also offer the opportunity to integrate learning of structure and dynamics with learning of facts. Other tools need to be developed to help create simulation games and to give the games abilities that they do not yet have, such as access to data bases of models, pictures, and text, and connections between simulation games.

Games in Organizations

Abstract: This article discusses the difference between the individual and social dynamics of games as enunciated by Berne. It presents a format for integrating intrapsychic, interpersonal, intragroup, and i...

What's in a Game? A Study of Games as an Instructional Method in an Adult Education Class.

Abstract: An experiential approach employing “game design and play” was tried in a graduate adult education class. This article describes a follow-up study which attempted to capture class members' perceptions on value of game design/play; group interactions in game development; effectiveness of game design/play as a learning stimulant; appropriateness of the grading criteria; likelihood to use a similar strategy in their own teaching; and, identification of helpful resources in gaming. Game design/play appears to offer an effective adult teaching strategy which produces a variety of learning outcomes.

Video game device for multiplayer

Abstract: PURPOSE:To provide a multiplayer game device having the capability to control an item occurring for every player and produce a well contested game. CONSTITUTION:A multiplayer video game machine has a handicap setting section 150 for establishing a handicap corresponding to the game condition of every player. An item setting section 170 operates and sets game items on the basis of the established handicap, and displays the items on the game screens of displays 44A and 44B for each player. According to this construction, the screen for a player having a good record shows the less number of items, while many items are indicated on the screen for a player having a poor record.

Powerplay — Power, violence and gender in video games

Abstract: Unlike the bulk of electronic media the computer game or video game is a distinctly gendered medium. All investigations confirm that we are dealing with a medium which almost exclusively appeals to and is used by, boys and young men. Therefore, the video games and computer games are very suited for investigating the form of entertainment, the pleasure, that appeals to men, i.e. the specific ‘masculine pleasure’.

On a deception game with three boxes

Abstract: This paper clarifies the status of a deception game posed by Spencer. We show the value of this game is zero.

Machines for playing games

Abstract: In a machine (M) for playing games or for amusement based upon a card game the player may play two or more hands (2; 3; 4; 5; 6) simultaneously; when a card or symbol comes into play the player can select to which hand the symbol in play is to be allocated. In one embodiment a game is based upon the card game of blackjack and the player plays five hands (2; 3; 4; 5; 6) simultaneously. The machine may also be based upon other games in which symbols are collected by the player, for example dominoes.

Teaching through games.

Abstract: To teach a health worker how to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) is relatively straightforwardparticularly in areas where the disease is endemic. To teach a standard drug regime is also easy (though ensuring drug availability is not!). The real challenge to a trainer is helping health workers develop their capacity to work with the communities they serve, in a way which will give patients the confidence to come forward for treatment, and to stick with it until they are cured. To achieve this requires the development of attitudes and interpersonal skills areas of learning which are frequently underemphasized because trainers do not know how to teach them. Dr Smith's article on page 101 provides a simple, clear and practical example of an approach to learning about attitudes, and to learning about why people often do not come forward for treatment of TB at an early stage. He describes two games: the first an adaptation of the board game snakes and ladders; and the second a more active 'toss the penny' style game about people trying to cross a river over slippery rocks the majority end up drowning! The use of games for teaching and learning is not new, but sadly it is still underused, and certainly worth promoting. Learning-games can be used in helping students memorize factual information through making regular repetition of facts fun. For example, the highly popular game Trivial pursuit, in which players progress around a board picking up points by answering questions on selected topics,

Leadership Training : A Sourcebook of Activities

Abstract: Chapter 1: How and Why to Play Games Chapter 2: Warm-ups and Other Short Games Chapter 3: Games for Young Players Chapter 4: Money Games Chapter 5: People Games and Role Plays Chapter 6: Simulations Chapter 7: Games Particularly for Women Chapter 8: Directing, Debriefing and Evaluating Games.

Memory-Based Approaches To Learning To Play Games

Abstract: This paper explores memory-based approaches to learning games. The learning element stores evaluated positions for future use. A deterministic game (checkers) and a stochastic game (backgammon) are being used as test cases for these approaches.

ECOPOLY — A Simulation Game

Abstract: There are some drawbacks to both techniques. The TAT, being mainly a tool of clinical psychiatry, works best while the subject is concerned with overwhelming problems (e.g., anxieties), and may not provide useful results if the subject is mentally and emotionally balanced. The illustrations, furthermore, are very culture specific, especially where human actors are shown. I used a borrowed set of TAT cards and could not find out if other sets

The Hotel management simulation/game: An Evaluation of game mechanics and learning outcomes

Abstract: Hospitality education, as a vocationally oriented field of study, must provide the student not only with theoretical concepts, but also with a series of skills that the student will use in the work place. These skills include problem analysis and decision making, team building, and the relationship of the hotel business variables (Occupancy, Profits and Guest Satisfaction). Simulation gaming techniques are thought to be very effective methods to develop these skills. In simulations participants imitate actions required on the job and are actively involved in the processes of learning and skills acquisition. The Hotel Management Simulation/Game is a simulation technique that has been successfully used in hospitality education and training. However its instructions and procedures (mechanics) have been perceived as unfriendly by participants. It was believed that thedegree of understanding of the game mechanics would affect the learning process and the achievement of the game's instructional goals. To solve this problem, several changes of the game's mechanics have been introduced by the game administrators at Rochester Institute of Technology. The objective of the present study is to answer the following

Improvements in and relating to machines for playing games or for amusement

Abstract: In a machine (M) for playing games or for amusement based upon a card game the player may play two or more hands (2; 3; 4; 5; 6) simultaneously; when a card or symbol comes into play the player can select to which hand the symbol in play is to be allocated. In one embodiment a game is based upon the card game of blackjack and the player plays five hands (2; 3; 4; 5; 6) simultaneously. Points and/or prizes may be awarded for a number of possible winning combinations of one or more hands. A machine may also be based upon other games in which symbols are collected by the player, for example dominoes.