This article questions the preconceived notions that participants in virtual worlds are essentially consumers. Building on the existing scholarship around virtual worlds and notwithstanding the current character of virtual worlds, this paper explores aspects of End User Licence Agreements and...

Role playing games (RPGs) can be used as participatory simulation methods for environmental management. However, researchers in the field need to be aware of the influence of the game settings on participants' behavioural patterns and attitudes, before fine tuning the design and use of their...

The authors interpret the fact that modern kids maturation conditions change as compared to conditions in which their parents grew up as deepening of "the childhood crisis". Modern kids maturation is mediated to a much lesser extent by clear and well-defined development prospects, by close...

The 6th MEETING ON GAME THEORY AND PRACTICE Zaragoza, Spain 10-12 July 2006

Associations of multi-agent systems and role-playing games (RPG) have shown their relevance to tackle complex and dynamic social systems sharing common resources. Now, some are used in participatory processes as group decision support tools to promote information exchange of between...