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[Chaos] Abbott A. (2001a),

Chaos of Disciplines, Chicago University Press

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Time matters -- on theory and method, Chicago University Press

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A platform for Embodied Conversational Agents based on Distributed Logic Programming, AAMAS Workshop -- Embodied conversational agents - let's specify and evaluate them!, Bologna, Italy

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Navigating media-rich information spaces using concept graphs -- the abramovic dossier, Proc. Int. Conf. on Information Sciences and Technologies (InSciT2006), Merida, Spain

[VULife] Eliens A. and S.V. Bhikharie (2006),

Game @ VU -- developing a masterclass for high-school students using the Half-life 2 SDK, In Proc. GAME-ON NA 2006, Monterey, USA

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Odyssee -- explorations in mixed reality theatre, In Proc. GAME-ON NA 2006, Monterey, USA

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3D Digital Dossiers -- a new way of presenting cultural heritage on the Web, In Proc. Web3D 2007, ACM SIGGRAPH, pp. 157-160

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Let's be serious -- ICT is not a (simple) game, In Proc. FUBUTEC 2007, Delft, Netherlands

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VU @ Second Life -- creating a (virtual) community of learners, In Proc. EUROMEDIA 2007, Delft, Netherlands

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Bhikharie S.V., Lemmers H., Vellinga P. (2007b), Clima Futura @ VU -- communicating (unconvenient) science, In Proc. GAME-ON 2007, Bologna, Italy

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Mashups in Second Life @ VU, In Proc. GAME-ON 2007, Bologna, Italy

[Panorama] Eliens A. and Vyas D. (2007),

Panorama -- explorations in the aesthetics of social awareness , In Proc. GAME-ON 2007, Bologna, Italy

[Decision] Eliens A. and Wang Y. (2007),

Expert advice and regret for serial recommenders, In Proc. EUROMEDIA 2007, Delft, Netherlands

[XIMPEL] Eliens A., Huurdeman H., van de Watering M.,

Bhikharie S.V. (2008), XIMPEL Interactive Video -- between narrative(s) and game play, In Proc. GAME-ON 2008, Valencia, Spain

[Replay] Eliens A. and Ruttkay Z. (2008),

Record, Replay & Reflect -- a framework for understanding (serious) game play, In Proc. Euromedia 2009, Brugge, Belgium

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Math game(s) -- an alternative (approach) to teaching math?, In Proc. GAME-ON 2009, Dusseldorf, Germany

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Creative Technology -- the CTSG: game design in 7 steps, submitted to GAME-ON Asia 2010, Shanghai, China

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Hacking -- the art of exploitation, No Starch Press

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a fine line -- how design strategies are shaping the future of business, Jossey-Bass Wiley

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Video Game Spaces -- Image, Play and Structure in 3D Worlds, MIT Press

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[Failure] Petroski H. (1982),

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[Pencil] Petroski H. (1989),

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[Paradox] Petroski H. (2006),

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Webbots, spiders and screen scrapers, No Starch Press

[Convivial] Shaftoe H. (2008),

Convivial Urban Spaces -- Creating Effective Public Places, EarthScan Publishing

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PANORAMA -- A Rich VRML Application Platform For Online Gaming, Workshop Web 3D Games, Web3D Symposium 07, Perugia Italy, April 15-18

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A historical sociology of childhood -- developmental thinking, categorization and graphical visualization, Cambride University Press

[Panorama] Vyas D., van de Watering M., Eliens A.,

van der Veer G. (2007), Engineering Social Awareness in Work Environments, Proc. HCI International 2007, 22-27 July, Beijing, China

[Social] Vyas D. van de Watering M., Eliens A.,

van der Veer G. (2007b), Being Social @ Work: Designing for Playfully Mediated Social Awareness in Work, Proc. HOIT 2007, Chennai, India in August 2007

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Expressive Processing -- Digital Fictions, Computer Games, and Software Studies, MIT Press

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