Aki Järvinen is an academic/designer working with games across various media and technologies. He blogs and tweets about the emotional and psychological aspects of game design, with particular focus on social network games.
Here's a sneak peek to the book I will be working on for the next six months. Drawing from a number of design methodologies, case studies,and interviews, the book will introduce a variety of methods and perspectives to games in social networks.
Aki Järvinen takes a look at the motivational factors behind Xbox Live achievements and PSN Trophies. Is there room for qualitative achievements, and what would they be like?
Interesting piece, but why so defensive If the video game industry is to embrace the service model, as e.g. Valve is suggesting, metrics etc. are to follow - as all the data collection via Steam already shows. Is that data used only for optimizing the fun factor Furthermore, there is ...
Interesting article I've written about similar issues regarding motivations and design, with slightly different terms, in a couple of posts. Check out 'Game Design for Social Networks', parts 1 2: http://www.mygamestudies.com/content/game-design-social-networks-part-1 @aquito
