CHI PLAY 2017 is taking place in Amsterdam, from October 15-18th. Prof. Ian Bogost will deliver the opening keynote for CHI Play 2017. Keynotes are included in the full conference ticket, but special reduced tickets for the opening keynote only are also on sale. CHI PLAY is an international and interdisciplinary conference (by ACM SIGCHI) for researchers and …
The Academic Medical Center (AMC) of Amsterdam released 2 apps to train and educate medical professionals in playful way to improve the quality of healthcare. Developer and surgeon Marlies Schijven of AMC explains that Medialis and Dr. Game: Surgeon Trouble are the first games of which the medical information is thoroughly tested. The games have …
Dutch companies earn money through games. The Netherlands has a sizable games industry, but what does it look like? What is the Dutch games industry? If you ask the average gamer, they’ll probably mention Guerrilla Games, the studio behind first-person shooter franchise Killzone. If you press on, perhaps provide a few hints – Ridiculous Fishing? …
