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Author: Alan Hook

Alan Hook is a Lecturer in Interactive Media and a Researcher in New Media and Play at Ulster University. Alan teaches Games Studies and Interactive Media within the School of Media Film and Journalism. His teaching and research focusing on play as a form of interaction and how participation in games and transmedia texts effects and shapes behaviour both in and outside of the game.

Alan is currently studying towards a PhD in Design at Lancaster University in Imagination Lancaster, the open and exploratory design-led research centre with Prof Paul Coulton (Chair of Speculative and Game Design).

Animal Superpowers

Published by Alan Hook on July 31, 2015

http://chriswoebken.com/WORK/ANIMAL-SUPERPOWERS
http://kenichiokada.com/projects/2008/animalsuperpowers.html

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Felino: The philosophical practice of making an interspecies videogame

Published by Alan Hook on July 23, 2015

Westerlaken, M., and Gualeni, S. (2014) Felino: The philosophical practice of making an interspecies videogame. Proceedings of the Philosophy of Computer Games,(Istanbul, TUR, November 13-15, 2014).

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How Cats See

Published by Alan Hook on July 23, 2015

Working with consultants from the All Animal Eye Clinic, Artist Nickolay Lamm developed a range of work which demonstrates the differences in the way that cats and humans see the world. The work of Lamm helps to highlight some of the UI and UX design considerations for inclusive or inter-species design for felines. http://nickolaylamm.com/art-for-clients/what-do-cats-see/

Cat cat revolution: An interspecies gaming experience

Published by Alan Hook on July 23, 2015

Noz, F. and An, J. (2011) Cat cat revolution: An interspecies gaming experience. Proc. of the 29th International Conference, Human Factors in Computing Systems (Vancouver, BC, CA, May 7-12). ACM, New York.

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An Affordance Based Model of Gameplay

Published by Alan Hook on July 23, 2015

Pinchbeck, D.(2009).An affordance based modelfor gameplay. Breakingnewground: innovation in games, play, practice and theory. DiGRA 2009 Conference Proceedings

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Animal-Machine Interfaces

Published by Alan Hook on July 22, 2015

Savage, J., Sanchez-Guzman, R.A., Mayol-Cuevas, W., Arce, L., Hernandez, A., Brier, L., Martinez, F., Velazquez, A., Lopez, G. (2000). Animal-Machine Interfaces. Proc. Fourth International Symposium on Wearable Computers, pp.191-192

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Critical Waves

Published by Alan Hook on July 22, 2015

Tatar, D. (2015) “Critical Waves” Interactions, 13 July. Available at: http://interactions.acm.org/blog/view/critical-waves [accessed 15th July 2015]

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Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI): changing perspective on HCI, participation and sustainability

Published by Alan Hook on July 22, 2015

Mancini, Clara (2013). Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI): changing perspective on HCI, participation and sustainability. In: CHI 2013, 27 April-02 May 2013, Paris, pp. 2227–2236.

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Artifact as Theory- Nexus: Hermeneutics Meets Theory-Based Design

Published by Alan Hook on July 22, 2015

Carroll, J. M., and Kellogg, W. A. (1989). “Artifact as Theory- Nexus: Hermeneutics Meets Theory-Based Design,” CM SIGCHI Bulletin—Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Wings for the Mind (20:SI), March, pp. 7-14.

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