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  220.                            <h2 class="heading"><a href="https://blog-307576866122.gifthub.news/post/6391257480">Exploring Game Complexity Through AI-Driven Player Modeling: A Computational Approach</a></h2>
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  247.                            <h2 class="heading"><a href="https://blog-307576866122.gifthub.news/post/9385216074">Ethical Implications of Biometric Data Use in Mobile Games</a></h2>
  248.                            <p class="info">This paper critically analyzes the role of mobile gaming in reinforcing or challenging socioeconomic stratification, particularly in developing and emerging markets. It examines how factors such as access to mobile devices, internet connectivity, and disposable income create disparities in the ability to participate in the mobile gaming ecosystem. The study draws upon theories of digital inequality and explores how mobile games both reflect and perpetuate existing social and economic divides, while also investigating the potential of mobile gaming to serve as a democratizing force, providing access to entertainment, education, and social connection for underserved populations.</p>
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