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Episode 30: The Invisible Boardgame

17m · Cognitive Gamer · 18 Apr 18:32

I ruminate on playing games online and how that relates to both game and interface design, as well as how humans experience emotion. This has ties to me planning to teach my Cognition of Game Playing as an online class … Continue reading

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Episode 30: The Invisible Boardgame

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