‘Don’t feed the trolls’ is often seen around the internet. What is a troll? What is trolling? What’s the difference between a kudos troll and a flame ...

Gamification is a trendy topic at the moment with all sorts of companies ‘borrowing’ techniques from games, such as leaderboards, badges and points to...

Sea Hero Quest is a highly polished mobile game that aims to help researchers gather data to fight the onset of dementia by testing people’s sense of ...

This episode we jump down the rabbit hole and peer at our world through the lens of alternate reality games. Whether it’s celebrating and collaboratin...

This episode we explore simulations, an incredibly important scientific tool to explore answers to questions that may be dangerous, fiddly, or expensi...

Modern games have often made a point of pride in how well they can simulate environments. With climate science an increasing focus in our changing wor...

Think of a scientist, and what do you see? Are they an older person, male, with a white lab coat and frizzy hair? If so, you might be a game developer...

Digital goods and virtual currency, but very real profits. Mobile gaming has lead a data-driven approach to figuring out exactly how to hook players i...

Virtual reality (VR) offers a lot: immersion, unrivalled interaction, and the promise of endless vistas to explore and enjoy. But could it also offer ...

Egg boxes and lasers and qubits, oh my! We talk about quantum mechanics and the basis of design of citizen science quantum computer simulator, Quantum...