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Purpose: The subject of this paper are the producers of electronic games listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Currently, the electronic games industry is developing very dynamically. It is characterized by large increases and volatility. The reason for this is the growing interest in games as well as the development of technology. Approach/Methodology/Design: The subject of the paper are the annual reports of these entities for 2016-2018. In connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Polish legislator has extended the possibility of submitting approved reports for 2019 by 3 months. The audit was performed in the period 07-08 2020 and does not include financial statements for the financial year ending 2019. Due to the lack of generally available financial sector indicators for enterprises in the electronic games industry, the aim of the paper is to determine such indicators and to determine the market position and its changes in the surveyed enterprises in 2016-2018. The following research methods were used in the paper, analysis of the literature on the subject and financial statements, and methods of descriptive statistics. Findings: The sector analysis shows that in the Polish electronic games market in 2016-2018, the group of leaders included companies such as PlayWay, CD Projekt and 11-bit studios. On the other hand, companies that were mainly in the outsider group were, One More Level, The Farm 51 Group, 7Levels and Huckleberry Games. Therefore, there is no reason to reject the hypothesis that companies offering a wider range of products tend to dominate the electronic games sector. In the electronic entertainment industry, the standard is competition and product promotion even during production because promotional activities are essential for sales success. Practical Implications: Determining the indicators for this industry will allow a company to be compared in space, based on the actual size of other companies or average values in each sector as a reference base. Originality/Value: The results of the analysis and theoretical considerations contained in this article complement existing research in the field of sectoral analysis. ; peer-reviewed

The recent announcement by the Federal Government that the mandatory blacklist will explicitly target computer and video games has caused much alarm. This page by Electronic Frontiers Australia aims to cover the issue quickly and will be updated as matters progress.

Text in English and French. ; "The Fish & Game Protection Club, province of Quebec." ; Electronic reproduction. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; 44

Original issued in series: Bulletin / Saskatchewan. Dept. of Agriculture ; no. 49. ; At head of title: Government of the Province of Saskatchewan. Department of Agriculture. ; "Published by direction of the Hon. W.R. Motherwell, Minister of Agriculture." ; Electronic reproduction. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; 44

Original issued in series: Bulletin / British Columbia. Bureau of Provincial Information ; no. 25. ; Also available in German. See CIHM microfiche no. 82195. ; "Printed by Authority of the Legislative Assembly." ; Electronic reproduction. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; 44

Introduction: Childhood obesity is a very serious condition and it is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes later in life. Numerous studies have discussed the obesity problem and being overweight in children, which is considered a serious public health problem. The intensive use of technology by the children nowadays made the children prone more to the diseases associated with obesity, as long stay in front of screens without physical activity expose them to obesity. The aim of the current study is to identify if the videogame playing is a risk factor for development of obesity in Eastern area of Saudi Arabia particularly in Dammam and AL Khobar cities. Methodology: Descriptive cross sectional study through self-administered questionnaire. distributed to 465 parents who have children in primary male governmental and private schools in Dammam and AL Khobar, Eastern provinces. The questionnaire measured the sociodemographic data of all students as well as Prevalence of obesity by measuring weight, height, Body Mass Index (BMI). Results: The BMI of the studied group showed that 46.0% of the studied student were between 5 – 84th percentile, 32.5% were above the 95th, 15.5% were between 85 - 94th percentile and only 6.0% were below the 5th percentile. Regarding the relation between the obesity and game using, the current study showed that, 95.8% of obese students and 95.8% of overweight student were playing electronic games, while 95.3% of normal weight and 89.3% of underweight students were playing electronic games (p value = 0.544). Conclusion: In this sample of children living in Dammam and Al- Khobar, Saudi Arabia, obesity was associated with use of electronic games and also associated with the availability of electronic games and devices in bedroom. Recommendations: Health education among school students is a must, for awareness of the drawbacks of the use of electronic games. Key words: Obesity, BMI, electronic games, students.

Introduction: Childhood obesity is a very serious condition and it is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes later in life. Numerous studies have discussed the obesity problem and being overweight in children, which is considered a serious public health problem. The intensive use of technology by the children nowadays made the children prone more to the diseases associated with obesity, as long stay in front of screens without physical activity expose them to obesity. The aim of the current study is to identify if the videogame playing is a risk factor for development of obesity in Eastern area of Saudi Arabia particularly in Dammam and AL Khobar cities. Methodology: Descriptive cross sectional study through self-administered questionnaire. distributed to 465 parents who have children in primary male governmental and private schools in Dammam and AL Khobar, Eastern provinces. The questionnaire measured the sociodemographic data of all students as well as Prevalence of obesity by measuring weight, height, Body Mass Index (BMI). Results: The BMI of the studied group showed that 46.0% of the studied student were between 5 – 84th percentile, 32.5% were above the 95th, 15.5% were between 85 - 94th percentile and only 6.0% were below the 5th percentile. Regarding the relation between the obesity and game using, the current study showed that, 95.8% of obese students and 95.8% of overweight student were playing electronic games, while 95.3% of normal weight and 89.3% of underweight students were playing electronic games (p value = 0.544). Conclusion: In this sample of children living in Dammam and Al- Khobar, Saudi Arabia, obesity was associated with use of electronic games and also associated with the availability of electronic games and devices in bedroom. Recommendations: Health education among school students is a must, for awareness of the drawbacks of the use of electronic games. Key words: Obesity, BMI, electronic games, students.

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As shown by Rubinstein (1989, AER), in the two-player electronic mail game, players are better off if the extent to which they can check each other's information, check each other's information about each other's information, etc., is limited. This paper investigates to what extent this result extends to the multi-player electronic mail game. It is shown that, contrary to the two-player game, the multi-player game has a plethora of equilibria. If players play inefficient equilibria where they require a specific communication network to be established in order to achieve collective action, then Rubinstein's results extend. However, contrary to the two-player game, the multi-player game also has equilibria where players find many alternative communication networks sufficient to undertake collective action. If players play such equilibria, then contrary to what is the case in the two-player electronic mail game they can become better off with more information.

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The article offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the context of electronic identification schemes. Gov.UK Verify, the UK Government's electronic identification scheme, and its compatibility with some important aspects of EU data protection law are reviewed. An in-depth examination of Gov.UK Verify's architecture and the most significant constituent elements of both the Data Protection Directive and the imminent GDPR – notably the legitimising grounds for the processing of personal data and the doctrine of joint controllership, highlight several flaws inherent in the Gov.UK Verify's development and mode of operation. The article advances the argument that Gov.UK Verify is incompatible with some major substantive provisions of the EU Data Protection Framework. It also provides some general insight as to how to interpret the requirement of a legitimate legal basis and the doctrine of joint controllership and ultimately suggests that the choice of the appropriate legal basis should depend upon a holistic approach to the relationship between the actors involved in the processing activities.

The analysis of games played on graph-like structures is of increasing importance due to the prevalence of social networks, both virtual and physical, in our daily life. As well as being relevant in computer science, mathematical analysis and computer simulations of such distributed games are vital methodologies in economics, politics and epidemiology, amongst other fields. Our contribution is to give compositional semantics of a family of such games as a well-behaved mapping, a strict monoidal functor, from a category of open graphs (syntax) to a category of open games (semantics). As well as introducing the theoretical framework, we identify some applications of compositionality.

These days traditional thing has been left behind not only by adults but also by children. One of them is folklore. It disappears because its package cannot interest the people. It needs a better package that interests a lot of people, for example game. The game in this thesis took folklore theme that would teach the children about morale values. This game was made based on PC game because electronic device are increasingly in demand and with adventure game-based which is a game genre that a lot of people like including the children.This game was made by Unity3D which is can place the objects that we use easier. Besides, camera setting which is a feature of Unity3D can make the setting of the 2D graphics easier. First of all, the folklores need to be parted into the playable-part and the non-playable-part. In playable-part, the player needs to solve some tasks to play the next folklore. In non-playable-part, the game will show an animation.This folklore game can interests the children to become a better person from the morale value. But, it is hard to implement folklore into adventure game for some folklores. For example Origin of Mahakam River's Creek that has some complicated detail to express the setting of the story.

This paper discusses the possibility to in still the values of the nation-state's philosophy (Pancasila) on the young generation by using video games. Video games can facilitate the internalization of the values such as divinity, humanity, unity, democracy and justice more creatively and effectively as nowadays, young people are more interested in the video games that are played on computer, laptop and smart phones. The internalization of these values can be done explicitly and implicitly in every aspect of video game, through the plots of the game, the actor, dialogue and the content of the story of the game. The values of Pancasila will be analyzed hermeneutically to be improved in the electronic games. Then, we will discuss the narration and characters that will be analyzed philosophically to find capabilities of character of the values of Pancasila building. RPG video games can be used to build the characters of divinity, humanity, unity, democracy and just if these values can be expressed comprehensively in all aspects of video game RPG narration and characters

The article explores the limitations of the current scholarly game studies (GS) field. Its central presuppositions are (1) that there are certain attributes broadly understood as "GS" by those writing in or adjacent to the field; (2) that those attributes are historically rooted in an attempt to disassociate videogames from other types of electronic (and later—digital) media; and that (3) the preconditions that have led to this split are currently moot. In the first section of this article, I elaborate on these presuppositions through reading GS as a historically rooted field, centred around the videogame artefact. Following, by examining the notion of being 'against' something in academic work, I move to my central claim for the article: that maintaining this conception of GS is counterproductive to the state of contemporary videogames scholarship and that adopting a post-dualistic and post-humanities stance will greatly contribute to the broadening of the field. I break down this claim into three separate threads. Ontologically, I show that videogames are much closer to non-videogames than they used to be. Methodologically, I point out how re-integrating methodologies from outside the field is crucial to address the complex phenomena evolved in and around gaming. Politically, I highlight the importance of games in contemporary digital culture and show how boundary-work and gatekeeping might harm the attempt to make game scholarship engage with larger political issues. The article concludes with suggestions for a more inclusive and intermingled vision for the field, focusing on the notion of play rather than games.