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Quality of Games (18) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (544) Information Quality in Digital Media (347) Exergames, Active Games and Gamification of Physical Activity (182) Viewpoints and Personal Experiences on Gaming and Games (13)

Published on in Vol 8, No 3 (2020): Jul-Sep

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/19037, first published .
Quality Criteria for Serious Games: Serious Part, Game Part, and Balance

Quality Criteria for Serious Games: Serious Part, Game Part, and Balance

Quality Criteria for Serious Games: Serious Part, Game Part, and Balance

Authors of this article:

Polona Caserman1 Author Orcid Image ;   Katrin Hoffmann2 Author Orcid Image ;   Philipp Müller1 Author Orcid Image ;   Marcel Schaub3 Author Orcid Image ;   Katharina Straßburg1 Author Orcid Image ;   Josef Wiemeyer2 Author Orcid Image ;   Regina Bruder3 Author Orcid Image ;   Stefan Göbel1 Author Orcid Image
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