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Sun 30 Apr 2006
Sun 30 Apr 2006

Book Description
Master the craft of game design so you can create that elusive combination of challenge, competition, and interaction that players seek. This design workshop begins with an examination of the fundamental elements of game design; then puts you to work in prototyping, playtesting, and redesigning your own games with exercises that teach essential design skills. Workshop exercises require no background in programming or artwork, releasing you from the intricacies of electronic game production, so you can develop a working understanding of the essentials of game design. (more…)
Sun 30 Apr 2006
Sun 30 Apr 2006

Despite the features that make Voice over IP so attractive from the standpoint of cost and flexibility of telephone services, businesses will only adopt it once they’ve determined whether, and under what circumstances, the quality of VoIP will be satisfactory to users.
This hands-on guide supplies you with all the tools you need for VoIP service quality analysis, including explicit directions for:
- designing subjective tests and interpreting results
- selecting, extending, and applying speech distortion and multiple effects models
- examining call set-up times for IP telephony
- determining requirements for multimedia exchanges. (more…)