Review bombing is a dirty practice, but research shows games do benefit from online feedback

Christian Moro; James R. Birt

Review bombing is a dirty practice, but research shows games do benefit from online feedback

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This article explores the influence of positive and negative user reviews on our judgments about which things to buy, what TV to watch, and what games to play. The benefits of using reviews to improve serious education games through crowdsourcing reviews from the online game distribution system STEAM, is explored in a time of review bombing.

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Journal	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 18 Aug 2022

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Improving serious games by crowdsourcing feedback from the STEAM online gaming community
Moro, C., Phelps, C. & Birt, J. R., Oct 2022, In: Internet and Higher Education. 55, 9 p., 100874.
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