Blast From The Past

Year

2008

Type

Digital Game

Contribution

Game Design
Graphic Design
Research
Dissemination

Blast from the Past (Dutch: De Grote Teletijdshow!) is a game designed for both grandchildren and grandparents would to enjoy, while simultaneously teaching them about each other's culture. The development of the game was key in the construction of the P-III framework for serious game development.

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Blast From The Past resulted in a number of academic publications, including but not limited to:

  • De Schutter, B. & Vanden Abeele, V. (2014). Blast From The Past: Applying the P-III Framework to Facilitate Intergenerational Play between Grandparents and Grandchildren. Gerontechnology, 13(2), 163

  • Vanden Abeele, V., De Schutter, B., Geurts, L., Desmet, S., Wauters, J., Husson, J., Van Audenaeren, L., et al. (2012). P-III: A player-centered, iterative, interdisciplinary and integrated framework for serious game design and development. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 1(280), 82–86.

  • Vanden Abeele, V., De Schutter, B., Husson, J., Vos, G., & Annema, J. (2008). e-Treasure: Fostering intergenerational play by means of a digital game. Presented at Meaningful Play 2008, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.