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  • Character play - The use of game characters in multi-player role-playing games across platforms 
    Tychsen Anders; Hitchens Michael; Brolund Thea (Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2008)
    Avatars are a commonly used mechanism for representing the player within the world of a game. The avatar forms the main point of interaction between the player and the game, and thus the avatar is an important game design ...
  • A Focus Group Study of Student Attitudes to Lectures 
    Hitchens Michael; Lister Raymond (Australian Computer Society Inc., 2009)
    Abstract: This paper reports on the findings from focus groups, conducted at Macquarie University, on the attitudes of computing students to lectures. Students felt that two things were vital for a good lecture: (1) that ...
  • Group play: Determining factors on the gaming experience in multiplayer role-playing games 
    Tychsen Anders; Hitchens Michael; Brolund Thea; Mcilwain Doris; Kavakli Manolya (Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2008)
    Role-playing games (RPGs) are a well-known game form, existing in a number of formats, including tabletop, live action, and various digital forms. Despite their popularity, empirical studies of these games are relatively ...