Ferreira et al.’s “Understanding and Proposing a Design Rationale of Digital Games based on Brain-Computer Interface: Results of the AdmiralMind Battleship Study” (2014) presents a valuable foundational study on brain-computer interface (BCI) game design. This article begins with a review of BCI gaming research, including previous reviews/theoretical articles and an overview of BCI game examples. The game…
Joselli et al. (2014) presents MindNinja, an iOS game that utilizes NeuroSky’s MindWave based on the popular Fruit Ninja by Halfbrick Studios, the “greatest fruit-slicing game in the world.” In the original Fruit Ninja, as fruit is thrown onto the screen, the player swipes their finger across the screen to create a slicing motion, attempting to slice the fruit in…
G. F. P. van Veen provides a thoughtful examination of the extent to which BCI games actually fulfill the requirements of a game in Thought Games: Advancements in Gaming with a Brain-Computer Interface from a Game Design Perspective. van Veen’s paper centers on two important questions regarding BCI game design: What game design elements should…
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