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M Asiri, Nasser. "Investigating the Influence of Video Games on EFL Learners’ Motivation in the Saudi Context." Journal for the Study of English Linguistics 8, no. 1 (2019): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jsel.v8i1.16022.
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Since English Language has become the dominate language of science, education, finance and entertainment, most non-English speaking countries have adopted English language curriculums in schools and colleges as a second or a forging language. These curriculums have presented materials in the form of textbooks accompanied by videos and audios to give an enriching learning experience. As recreational video games is an expanding industry with its economic and cultural aspects throughout the world, they are used as a source of learning the English language. This paper aims to investigate the influence of video games on motivating learners to learn the English language. The study has been conducted in a trainees college of Technology in Saudi Arabia. A survey questionnaire was conducted to collected data from the participants. The key findings suggest that learners are keen on using the video games as a means of learning the English language.
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Bassiouni, Dina H., and Chris Hackley. "Video games and young children’s evolving sense of identity: a qualitative study." Young Consumers 17, no. 2 (2016): 127–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/yc-08-2015-00551.
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Purpose This paper aims to investigate children’s experience as consumers of video games and associated digital communication technology, and the role this experience may play in their evolving senses of identity. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative depth interviews and discussions were conducted in a convenience sample consisting of 22 children of both genders aged 6-12 years, parents and video games company executives in the southwest of the UK. The fully transcribed data sets amounting to some 27,000 words were analysed using discourse analysis. Findings The findings revealed the heightened importance that the knowledge of video games plays in children’s strategies for negotiating their nascent sense of identity with regard to peer groups, family relationships and gender identity. Video games were not only a leisure activity but also a shared cultural resource that mediated personal and family relationships. Research limitations/implications The study is based on an interpretive analysis of data sets from a small convenience sample, and is therefore not statistically generalisable. Practical implications This study has suggested that there may be positive benefits to children’s video game playing related to aspects of socialisation, emotional development and economic decision-making. An important caveat is that these benefits arise in the context of games as part of a loving and ordered family life with a balance of activities. Social implications The study hints at the extent to which access to video games and associated digital communications technology has changed children’s experience of childhood and integrated them into the adult world in both positive and negative ways that were not available to previous generations. Originality/value This research addresses a gap in the field and adds to an understanding of the impact of video games on children’s development by drawing on children’s own expression of their subjective experience of games to engage with wider issues of relationships and self-identity.
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Сапицька, О. М. "The role of video games in obtaining and disseminating historical knowledge." ВІСНИК СХІДНОУКРАЇНСЬКОГО НАЦІОНАЛЬНОГО УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ імені Володимира Даля, no. 3(259) (February 18, 2020): 62–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.33216/1998-7927-2020-259-3-62-70.
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The formation of the historical background in video games is provided by spatial narratives. In recent years, they are more and more amenable to adjustments in the direction of maximally exact correspondence to socio-economic, political, cultural, domestic, geographical, climatic and so on elements of the localized on the scenario of the game`s chronotop. This may indicate another qualitative transformation of video games as a socio-technical and socio-cultural phenomenon, as well as about the positive cultural and intellectual dynamics of the modern “consumer society”.
 Computer video games, as part of the digital, educational and entertainment industry as a whole, are in a state of constant high-speed dynamic transformation in the context of global digitalization of all aspects of society and a lot of competition in the field of video games in particular.
 Based on the analytics of the results of direct surveys, statistical and factual data, in article an attempt was made to assess the use of video games as a non-formal education tool for relaying and consolidating historical knowledge for different age and social groups of game products consumers, as well as the appropriateness of their use in the classical educational system at different levels.
 Computer video games with the most accurate historical content as well as “alternative” historical content can become highly effective additional pedagogical tools for acquiring basic and in-depth knowledge of history both for self-education and in academic institutions. As part of the study of academic history, whole historical digital laboratories can be created that study both the multivariance of history and bring “alternative realities” into the linear real history of the development of human civilization. The success of using video games with historical content for the needs of academic history is high only if the teacher understands not only historical but also technical terms, knows the features of developmental psychology, knows the scenario and features of the video game proposed for modeling, and can develop their own teaching methods based on an interdisciplinary approach.
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Čábelková, Inna, Wadim Strielkowski, Anna Rybakova, and Alla Molchanovа. "Does Playing Video Games Increase Emotional Creativity?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 7 (2020): 2177. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072177.
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Emotional creativity (EC), which constitutes a main aspect of the general creativity concept, is often shown to be substantially related to positive emotional experiences, effective motivation, and innovation at the workplace as well as at school. However, little is known about the relationship between emotional creativity and the time people tend to spend playing video games. Nowadays, video games and virtual reality have become an important aspect of public health and psychological research. They constitute a key element of popular culture and generate considerable economic profit as part of the public entertainment industry. Our study is based on the results of an emotional creativity inventory (ECI) survey that was administered at a snowball and convenient sample of 453 respondents (aged 18–60 years, M ± SD: 23.68 ± 6.36; 66.40% women, 20.00% with higher education) from the Czech Republic who were questioned about their habits and the time they devote to playing video games. The sample country was selected as one with a long tradition of homebrew video gaming going back to the 1980s. We employed a set of multinomial regression analyses, which revealed that more time devoted to playing video games is associated with lower emotional creativity, in general, as well as with lower novelty, preparedness, and effectiveness components of emotional creativity. The negative association above was less pronounced for women than for men. Moreover, in a sample containing only women, a longer time devoted to playing video games was associated with the higher novelty component of emotional creativity (the associations with the other two components were not statistically significant for women only). Our findings might considerably contribute to the study of the general overall long-term effect of video games and the use of digital technologies in general on public health.
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Vasiu, Ioana, and Lucian Vasiu. "Criminal Enforcement of Copyright as an Important Safeguard for Economic and Security Interests." European Journal of Sustainable Development 8, no. 3 (2019): 228. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2019.v8n3p228.
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Copyright industries represent an important part of the developed economies. The effective protection of copyright fulfills an important role in the advancement of innovation and economic development. However, in the digital economy, the protection of copyrighted works poses numerous and very difficult challenges. The protected works usually targeted by criminals are computer programs, motion pictures, video games, and musical compositions. The estimated or actual harm to copyright owners can amount to billions of dollars. Moreover, these offenses are sometimes perpetrated in connection with other crimes, such as conspiracy to commit racketeering or money laundering. This paper argues that criminal enforcement of copyright can be an important safeguard of economic and information security interests. The paper discusses essential aspects regarding the criminal protection of copyright in the United States. Based on a theoretically-informed, yet empirically-driven approach, which takes into account a large corpus of data, consisting mostly of cases brought to courts of law, the paper discusses the main aspects of the phenomenon. Finally, the paper proposes a number of measures that would improve the protection copyrighted works. Keywords: Copyright, Economic Development, Cybercrime, Infringement, Security, Loss
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Hamari, Juho, and Max Sjöblom. "What is eSports and why do people watch it?" Internet Research 27, no. 2 (2017): 211–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/intr-04-2016-0085.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate why do people spectate eSports on the internet. The authors define eSports (electronic sports) as “a form of sports where the primary aspects of the sport are facilitated by electronic systems; the input of players and teams as well as the output of the eSports system are mediated by human-computer interfaces.” In more practical terms, eSports refer to competitive video gaming (broadcasted on the internet). Design/methodology/approach The study employs the motivations scale for sports consumption which is one of the most widely applied measurement instruments for sports consumption in general. The questionnaire was designed and pre-tested before distributing to target respondents (n=888). The reliability and validity of the instrument both met the commonly accepted guidelines. The model was assessed first by examining its measurement model and then the structural model. Findings The results indicate that escapism, acquiring knowledge about the games being played, novelty and eSports athlete aggressiveness were found to positively predict eSport spectating frequency. Originality/value During recent years, eSports (electronic sports) and video game streaming have become rapidly growing forms of new media in the internet driven by the growing provenance of (online) games and online broadcasting technologies. Today, hundreds of millions of people spectate eSports. The present investigation presents a large study on gratification-related determinants of why people spectate eSports on the internet. Moreover, the study proposes a definition for eSports and further discusses how eSports can be seen as a form of sports.
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Tichon, Jennifer G., and Timothy Mavin. "Experiencing Resilience via Video Games." Social Science Computer Review 35, no. 5 (2016): 666–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894439316664507.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of games, where characters must overcome adversity, on player’s perceptions of their psychological resilience. Located on the PlayStation blog (blog.us.playstation.com ), the online PlayStation Network (PSN) community group focuses on video gamers unique stories and experiences. Using a qualitative and exploratory design, blogs posted between March 2012 and January 2013 were analyzed for content describing experiences via gameplay that members reported made them feel more resilient. Both social and emotional aspects of resilience were discussed with players reporting game experiences had helped them feel more confident in their abilities. Many also associated themselves with the same resilient traits as their characters display in games. A range of popular off-the-shelf video games were reported as helpful in providing players with the opportunity to feel confident under pressure and, importantly, some players reported transferring these positive psychological effects to their real-world lives.
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De Groote, Patrick. "Economic & Tourism Aspects of the Olympic Games." Tourism Review 60, no. 3 (2005): 20–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb058458.
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Aditya, Christian. "The Development Of Visual Aspects In Video Games Over The Years." ULTIMART Jurnal Komunikasi Visual 7, no. 2 (2016): 18–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.31937/ultimart.v7i2.385.
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This report investigates the importance of creating a realistic environment in order to create an immersive world in digital games. The discussion will start from the history of Digital game development until now, discussing on the limitations of gaming consoles from time to time, and how game designers nowadays keep pushing the boundaries of the visual aspects of their game. Then focusing the discussion on the technical and art aspect of digital game design. By doing the analysis in this report, we can conclude that there are several reason that affects the visual quality of video games, such as the technology of the game console, the limitation of game engine, and also the skill of the game artist itself.
 Key words : Video Games, Digital Games, Game Console, Environment, Game Engine.
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Bogacheva, N. V., and A. E. Voiskounsky. "Computer games and creativity: the positive aspects and negative trends." Современная зарубежная психология 6, no. 4 (2017): 29–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2017060403.
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The article is aimed at analysis of current studies of the link between video games experience and creativity. The impact of video game playing on the psychological specificity of gamers has repeatedly become a subject of many studies, though higher-level cognitive abilities, such as creativity, were rarely the subject of interest, remaining unexplored in the context of video games. Contrary to the earlier predictions that the increased amount of «readymade» visual information will reduce the imaginative ability, most of the current works show positive links between some types of creativity (in particular — visual) and playing video games. The latter becomes not only a source of inspiration but also a platform for creative realization. Many authors draw attention to possible negative aspects of creativity, in particular, the possibility of its antisocial applications. In this regard, the importance of studying the aggressiveness and empathy of computer players is increasing but the research data in this area is particularly contradictory.
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Ibrahim, Amer, Francisco Luis Gutiérrez Vela, Patricia Paderewski Rodríguez, José Luís González Sánchez, and Natalia Padilla Zea. "Playability Guidelines for Educational Video Games." International Journal of Game-Based Learning 2, no. 4 (2012): 18–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijgbl.2012100102.
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Learning through play is currently an effective and attractive educational strategy. However, are all educational video games (EVG) successful and do they always keep the player motivated? Here, the authors emphasize that the success of an EVG will be more achievable if the game quality is measured, and suggest the use of playability property as a suitable and effective tool to do this. To this end, they present a set of guidelines that are based on Educational Playability (Playability in EVG), which were compiled by analyzing the existing game guidelines to achieve a good EVG design, to form a basis for evaluating the EVG quality, acting as useful tools for developers to enhance videogame playability. The authors propose that through the use of guidelines an acceptable level of playability can be achieved and this ensures the players’ motivation, which is a complicated process requiring the consideration of many aspects (playful, educational, etc.).
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Pérez-Latorre, Óliver, Víctor Navarro-Remesal, Antonio José Planells de la Maza, and Cristina Sánchez-Serradilla. "Recessionary games: Video games and the social imaginary of the Great Recession (2009–2015)." Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 25, no. 5-6 (2017): 884–900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856517744489.
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How do the most popular video games in recent years contribute to the construction of the social imaginary of the Great Recession? The discursive struggles over the definition of crucial aspects of the recession such as austerity, the heroic ethos to face precariousness and being anti-establishment are being played not only in the political arena and ‘serious’ news genres but also in the narrations of popular culture and video games. Thus, critical analysis of the social resonances of video games on the Great Recession is a relevant exercise not only academically but also socially. To address this question, this article proposes an analysis of bestselling video games from 2009 to 2015, based on cultural studies and game studies. The analysis is organized in three case studies: (a) post-apocalyptic video games and their potential resonances regarding austerity and precariousness; (b) video games, neo-liberalism and counter neo-liberal views; and (c) video games and the representation of anti-establishment characters and rebel communities.
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Lougheed, Tim. "Video games bring new aspects to medical education and training." Canadian Medical Association Journal 191, no. 37 (2019): E1034—E1035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1095784.
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Fernandez-Luque, L., T. Tøllefsen, and E. Brox. "Healthy Gaming – Video Game Design to promote Health." Applied Clinical Informatics 02, no. 02 (2011): 128–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/aci-2010-10-r-0060.
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Summary Background: There is an increasing interest in health games including simulation tools, games for specific conditions, persuasive games to promote a healthy life style or exergames where physical exercise is used to control the game. Objective: The objective of the article is to review current literature about available health games and the impact related to game design principles as well as some educational theory aspects. Methods: Literature from the big databases and known sites with games for health has been searched to find articles about games for health purposes. The focus has been on educational games, persuasive games and exergames as well as articles describing game design principles. Results: The medical objectives can either be a part of the game theme (intrinsic) or be totally dispatched (extrinsic), and particularly persuasive games seem to use extrinsic game design. Peer support is important, but there is only limited research on multiplayer health games. Evaluation of health games can be both medical and technical, and the focus will depend on the game purpose. Conclusion: There is still not enough evidence to conclude which design principles work for what purposes since most of the literature in health serious games does not specify design methodologies, but it seems that extrinsic methods work in persuasion. However, when designing health care games it is important to define both the target group and main objective, and then design a game accordingly using sound game design principles, but also utilizing design elements to enhance learning and persuasion. A collaboration with health professionals from an early design stage is necessary both to ensure that the content is valid and to have the game validated from a clinical viewpoint. Patients need to be involved, especially to improve usability. More research should be done on social aspects in health games, both related to learning and persuasion.
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Hakimi, Jedd. "“Why Are Video Games So Special?”: The Supreme Court and the Case Against Medium Specificity." Games and Culture 15, no. 8 (2019): 923–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555412019857982.
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The 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association adjudicated the State of California’s right to regulate the sale of “violent” video games and, in the process, effectively considered how video games should be apprehended as a cultural form under the law. The court’s decision cited the missteps of judicial film censorship in protecting video games as a form of expression under the First Amendment, placing video games into a cultural time line of expressive forms. Some media scholars contest the court’s approach for overvaluing the cultural aspects of video games and neglecting their distinct digital materiality. However, a close reading of the case and the circumstances that led the justices’ opinions helps articulate a crucial critique of overly materialist approaches to video games associated with media archaeology. The case details reflect the inextricability of materiality and experience in considering video games as a form of expression.
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Safadi, Firas, Raphael Fonteneau, and Damien Ernst. "Artificial Intelligence in Video Games: Towards a Unified Framework." International Journal of Computer Games Technology 2015 (2015): 1–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/271296.
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With modern video games frequently featuring sophisticated and realistic environments, the need for smart and comprehensive agents that understand the various aspects of complex environments is pressing. Since video game AI is often specifically designed for each game, video game AI tools currently focus on allowing video game developers to quickly and efficiently create specific AI. One issue with this approach is that it does not efficiently exploit the numerous similarities that exist between video games not only of the same genre, but of different genres too, resulting in a difficulty to handle the many aspects of a complex environment independently for each video game. Inspired by the human ability to detect analogies between games and apply similar behavior on a conceptual level, this paper suggests an approach based on the use of a unified conceptual framework to enable the development of conceptual AI which relies on conceptual views and actions to define basic yet reasonable and robust behavior. The approach is illustrated using two video games,RavenandStarCraft: Brood War.
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Ilyanov, Dmitrii Sergeevich, Tatiana Constantinovna Chernysheva, and Maksim Andreevich Yurevich. "Sources of economic growth in the XXI century: video game industry." Теоретическая и прикладная экономика, no. 3 (March 2020): 78–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.25136/2409-8647.2020.3.31693.
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This article focuses on determination of trends and prospects for the development of video game industry in the Russian Federation. Analysis is conducted on evolution of the video game market and trends that established thereof. The author examines the dynamics in gaming industry revenue allocated by segments, and the share held by video games on the markets of the Eurasian Economic Union member-states. The author carries out a comparative analysis of the revenue of the global gaming industry for all segments (games for smartphones, tablets, PC, etc.) with GDP of some EAEU member-states for the 7-year period, and as well as makes a forecast of the dynamics of revenue of gaming industry by the segments. The overall revenue obtained from the global gaming industry has increased by 115% in the past 7 years and account to $ 151.9 billion. The article explores the current state of video game market in the Russian Federation, which almost doubled in the past 5 years and accounts to $ 1.9 billion. The key risks that can negatively affect the development of video game industry are identified. The conclusion is made that despite the existing risks, a dynamic increase in the segment of mass multiuser online games and its audience should be expected in the nearest future; by 2022, the segment of games for mobile devices could take up to half of the entire gaming market.
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Green, C. Shawn, and Aaron R. Seitz. "The Impacts of Video Games on Cognition (and How the Government Can Guide the Industry)." Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2, no. 1 (2015): 101–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2372732215601121.
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Video game play has become a pervasive part of American culture. The dramatic increase in the popularity of video games has resulted in significant interest in the effects that video gaming may have on the brain and behavior. The scientific research to date indicates that some, but not all, commercial video games do indeed have the potential to cause large-scale changes in a wide variety of aspects of human behavior, including the focus of this review—cognitive abilities. More recent years have seen the rise of a separate form of video games, the so-called “brain games,” or games designed with the explicit goal of enhancing cognitive abilities. Although research on such brain games is still in its infancy, and the results have definitely not been uniformly positive, there is nonetheless reason for continued optimism that custom games can be developed that make a lasting and positive impact on human cognitive skills. Here, we discuss the current state of the scientific literature surrounding video games and human cognition with an emphasis on points critically related to public policy.
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Tkachenko, Olha, and Andriy Doroshenko. "Some Aspects of Developing Video Games Using Methods of Computational Geometry." Digital Platform: Information Technologies in Sociocultural Sphere, no. 1 (June 29, 2018): 57–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.31866/2617-796x.1.2018.147255.
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Verheijen, Geert P., William J. Burk, Sabine E. M. J. Stoltz, Yvonne H. M. van den Berg, and Antonius H. N. Cillessen. "Associations Between Different Aspects of Video Game Play Behavior and Adolescent Adjustment." Journal of Media Psychology 32, no. 1 (2020): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000253.
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Abstract. Playing video games during adolescence has been linked to both positive and negative outcomes, but it remains unclear which specific aspects of gaming behavior are associated with adjustment. The current study examines the association between distinct aspects of video game play behavior and adolescent adjustment. We focused on five aspects, namely, gaming frequency, the social context, gamer identification, type of game, and motivation for playing. Participants included 705 Dutch adolescents (33.5% female, Mage = 14.07), who completed a survey including self-report and sociometric measures. Results indicated that the frequency of playing games was not associated with adolescent adjustment. However, significant associations did appear for social context, genre of games, and motivation for playing. In addition, the different aspects of gaming showed both beneficial and deleterious relations with adjustment. This research indicates the importance of disaggregating gaming behavior and the necessity to look beyond frequency of play in order to fully understand the impact of gaming on youth.
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Sevin, Rebecca, and Whitney Decamp. "From Playing to Programming: The Effect of Video Game Play on Confidence with Computers and an Interest in Computer Science." Sociological Research Online 21, no. 3 (2016): 14–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.4082.
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Research on the effects of playing video games has been limited by a preoccupation with possible negative repercussions. Nevertheless, research has shown that video games can have positive effects on young players’ social lives. The existing body of research, however, has largely ignored the more computer-related aspects of video game play and its effects. This study provides empirical evidence to support theoretical arguments about the relationship between playing video games and computers. The type of scientific thinking encouraged by video games and the technological abilities needed to play video games is suggested to result in an increase in players’ confidence with computers and interest in computer science. These potential relationships are examined using data from over 1,000 undergraduate students to empirically assess the relationship between video game play and: 1) confidence with computers, and 2) interest in computer science. The results indicate that game play is statistically significant as a predictor of confidence and interest. In comparison to the other predictors in the model, the strength of the effect from playing video games is relatively very strong. The findings suggest that exposure to video games as a recreational technology help inform players’ abilities with non-recreational technology and build an interest in technology in general.
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Lickiewicz, Jakub, Patricia Paulsen Hughes, and Marta Makara-Studzińska. "Serious Games and Board Games Versus Cultural Changes." Perspektywy Kultury 30, no. 3 (2020): 257–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.35765/pk.2020.3003.17.
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The impact of computer games on human functioning has become the subject of many studies and scientific reports. With the development of technology, games have transcended boards and become part of the video entertainment industry. However, technology did not end traditional games. It was only a matter of time before games were extended to other areas of life. Because games were so popular, educators found that students engage quickly with educational games. The article explains the aspects of serious games (SG), which are defined as digital games used for purposes other than entertainment. It describes the areas in which games can be used in the educational process, their effectiveness, and controversies regarding their use.
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Oceja, Jorge, and Natalia González-Fernández. "Estudiantes universitarios y videojuegos: Cultura del medio percibida, uso y preferencias en función del género." education policy analysis archives 28 (April 20, 2020): 66. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.28.4181.
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This work analyses the video game culture in terms of perceptions, use, and preferences towards video games for a group of 610 university students, focusing on the impact of gender. The study is quantitative in nature, based on a cross-sectional survey and the subsequent statistical analysis of the data. Results show that students at this stage of life play video games and that they have – to a discernible degree – a video game culture, even though differences exist between men and women. Explanations for these differences, which affect other aspects like the platforms they use and their favourite games, are explored in the final part of the article. It seems that, besides their possibilities as an emergent media, video games are cultural products permeable and embedded in a context of gender inequity. This work aims to be a starting point for designing educational projects and policies that use video games in higher education while taking advantage of the diversity that this media can offer.
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Ivory, Adrienne Holz, James D. Ivory, and Madison Lanier. "Video Game Use as Risk Exposure, Protective Incapacitation, or Inconsequential Activity Among University Students." Journal of Media Psychology 29, no. 1 (2017): 42–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000210.
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Abstract. While there is extensive literature exploring the possible negative effects of video games, and many such studies using college student samples, there is little research on how video game use impacts the unique risk environment of college students. This study focuses on the unique risk aspects of the college and university environment with a preregistered survey comparing three competing models of video games’ possible role (games as risk, incapacitation, or inconsequential) in predicting alcohol and substance use, sexual risk, interpersonal violence, bullying victimization, suicide, disordered eating, and exercise to provide a baseline measure of what role, if any, video games play in the college and university risk environment. Video game play was most consistently associated with outcomes related to suicide and interpersonal violence, and more sporadically associated with some other outcomes.
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McGowan, Edward G., and Jazmin P. Scarlett. "Volcanoes in video games: the portrayal of volcanoes in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) video games and their learning potential." Geoscience Communication 4, no. 1 (2021): 11–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-11-2021.
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Abstract. Volcanoes are a very common staple in mainstream video games. Particularly within the action–adventure genres, entire missions (e.g. Monster Hunter: Generation Ultimate, 2018) or even full storylines (e.g. Spyro: The Reignited Trilogy, 2018) can require players to traverse an active volcano. With modern advancements in video game capabilities and graphics, many of these volcanic regions contain a lot of detail. Most video games nowadays have gameplay times in excess of 50 h. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017), for example, brags a minimum of 60 h to complete. Therefore, players can spend a substantial amount of time immersed within the detailed graphics and unknowingly learn about volcanic traits while playing. If these details are factually accurate to what is observed in real-world volcanic systems, then video games can prove to be a powerful learning tool. However, inaccurate representations could instil a false understanding in thousands of players worldwide. Therefore, it is important to assess the accuracies of volcanology portrayed in mainstream video games and consider whether they can have an educational impact on the general public playing such games or whether these volcanic details are overlooked by players as they focus solely on the entertainment factor provided. We have therefore reviewed several popular commercial video games that contain volcanic aspects and evaluated how realistic said aspects are when compared to real-world examples. It was found that all the games reviewed had a combination of accurate and inaccurate volcanic features and each would vary from game to game. The visual aesthetics of these features are usually very realistic, including lava, ash fall and lahars. However, the inaccuracies or lack of representation of hazards that come with such features, such as ash-related breathing problems or severe burns from contact with molten lava, could have great negative impacts on a player's understanding of these deadly events. With further investigations assessing the direct impact on the general public, there is an opportunity to correctly assess how to incorporate the use of mainstream video games in educational systems and outreach.
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Vaghetti, Cesar Augusto Otero, Renato Sobral Monteiro-Junior, Mateus David Finco, Eliseo Reategui, and Silvia Silva da Costa Botelho. "Exergames Experience in Physical Education: A Review." Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research 78, no. 1 (2018): 23–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2018-0010.
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Abstract Exergames are consoles that require a higher physical effort to play when compared to traditional video games. Active video games, active gaming, interactive games, movement-controlled video games, exertion games, and exergaming are terms used to define the kinds of video games in which the exertion interface enables a new experience. Exergames have added a component of physical activity to the otherwise motionless video game environment and have the potential to contribute to physical education classes by supplementing the current activity options and increasing student enjoyment. The use of exergames in schools has already shown positive results in the past through their potential to fight obesity. As for the pedagogical aspects of exergames, they have attracted educators’ attention due to the large number of games and activities that can be incorporated into the curriculum. In this way, the school must consider the development of a new physical education curriculum in which the key to promoting healthy physical activity in children and youth is enjoyment, using video games as a tool. In this context, the aim is to conduct a brief review of the use of exergames in physical education curriculum, exploring school curriculum, digital culture, and motivation and enjoyment for the learning processes in the video game environment
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Prena, Kelsey, and John L. Sherry. "Parental perspectives on video game genre preferences and motivations of children with Down syndrome." Journal of Enabling Technologies 12, no. 1 (2018): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jet-08-2017-0034.
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Purpose Video games have the potential to improve brain plasticity in people with Down syndrome. However, little has been done to understand video game preferences in this population. The purpose of this paper is to describe a brief exploration of video game preferences in children with Down syndrome. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was used to collect information from parents of children with Down syndrome about their child’s favorite video games and why they like video games. Findings Children with Down syndrome, as reported by their parents, most frequently play action/adventure games, and have several motivating factors for game play including overcoming challenges to gain reward and having fun engaging in the game world. Research limitations/implications The current study only recruited from a small sample of the Down syndrome population and therefore may lack generalizability. Practical implications Gaining a better understanding of which aspects of video games appeal to children with Down syndrome. Knowing what they prefer will enable us to design games that are engaging and cognitively beneficial. Originality/value This paper proposes the importance of video game play to promote development in children with Down syndrome.
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Tokadlı, Güliz, Kaitlyn Ouverson, Chase Meusel, Austin Garcia, Stephen B. Gilbert, and Michael C. Dorneich. "An Analysis of Video Games Using the Dimensions of Human-Agent Interaction." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 62, no. 1 (2018): 716–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621163.
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Designers of human-agent interaction techniques may benefit from an analysis of existing video games that include aspects of human-agent teaming. Many popular multi-player video games have been designed to integrate multiple human and computer agents in pursuit of a common objective and can serve as a testbed to explore novel interaction methods in human-agent teams. A guiding framework of human-agent interaction was created to bridge best practices between video game and real-world domains. The framework was used to analyze games on five main dimensions: 1) Levels of Automation, 2) Levels of Interaction, 3) Control Mode, 4) Teaming, and 5) Interaction Timing. Two video games, Final Fantasy XIV and Mass Effect, were assessed to identify human-agent interaction paradigms, and ramifications for real-world applications for human-agent teaming. This research draws on interaction design principles, human-agent interaction theory, and existing video games to offer human-agent team designers potential examples of successful interaction paradigms.
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Giddings, Seth. "Accursed Play: The Economic Imaginary of Early Game Studies." Games and Culture 13, no. 7 (2018): 765–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555412018755914.
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Revisiting early critical responses to computer and video games as a cultural form—before the establishment of games studies as an academic field in the early 2000s—reveals a consistent fascination with games as economic phenomena. Not just as a new commercial competitor in the established popular media marketplace but as models of economies in their own right, models that mesh with player’s everyday lives, constraining, facilitating, and forming gameplay. This article will identify and explore some of the most salient themes and phenomena in this early games scholarship and will follow them through subsequent enquiry into games as economies either isomorphic with the systems of consumer capitalism and neoliberalism from which they issue or metamorphic—phantasmagorical or ironic inversions of prevailing social and industrial conditions.
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Muñoz Sánchez, Pablo. "Video Game Localisation for Fans by Fans." Journal of Internationalization and Localization 1 (January 1, 2009): 168–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jial.1.07mun.
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The aim of this paper is to show the particularities of the so-called “romhacking”, a methodology developed by amateurs to localise mainly classic video games. In the first section, the concept and origin of the term “romhacking” is presented. The second section offers an overview of the workflow followed by romhackers to localise video games. In the third section, an analysis of the differences between professional and amateur translations is given. The fourth section includes a discussion of the legal aspects of this practice. The paper concludes with a reflection on the impact of amateur translations on the video game localisation industry.
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Contreras Espinosa, Ruth S. "EXTRA LIFE." Obra digital, no. 10 (February 29, 2016): 84–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.25029/od.2016.118.10.
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El creciente número de personas jugando videojuegos significa que estos están teniendo un efecto innegable sobre nuestra cultura. Este efecto es claramente visible en una aceptación general. Los videojuegos también han cambiado la forma en que muchas otras formas de medios de comunicación, se producen y consumen. Los videojuegos tienen una influencia creciente en nuestra cultura, y en "EXTRA LIFE" diferentes autores expresan sus opiniones sobre este nuevo medio.EXTRA LIFEAbstractThe increasing number of people playing video games means that they are having an undeniable effect on culture. This effect is clearly visible in the increasing mainstream acceptance of aspects of gaming culture. Video games have also changed the way that many other forms of media, are produced and consumed. Video games have an increasing influence on our culture, and in "EXTRA LIFE" diferent authors have voiced their opinions on this new media.Keywords: Video games; culture; effects; games.
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Jaipal, Kamini, and Candace Figg. "Using Video Games in Science Instruction: Pedagogical, Social, and Concept-Related Aspects." Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education 9, no. 2 (2009): 117–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14926150903047780.
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Pigulak, Joanna. "Dźwięki reaktywne, dźwięki antycypujące. Z zagadnień funkcjonowania ścieżki dźwiękowej w grach wideo." Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication 28, no. 37 (2021): 317–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/i.2020.37.18.
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 The paper aims to outline features of video games’ sounds. In order to do that, the author presents the main thesis of ludomusicology and a theory of film music. The first part of the paper deals with a brief introduction concerning the characteristic of two important aspects of video games’ sounds: reactive and anticipating sounds. In the second part of the paper, the author explores the issue of facultative dialogues and adaptive sounds, as well as diegetic and non-diegetic sources of sound. The author examines the hypothesis that using sounds in video games determines gameplay and impacts players immersion.
 
 
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Tołkaczewski, Filip. "From Symbolism to Realism. Physical and Imaginary Video Game Spaces in Historical Aspects." Homo Ludens, no. 1 (12) (December 15, 2019): 193–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/hl.2019.12.10.
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Physical and imaginary video game spaces have been constantly evolving, starting from dark indefinable space to ultimately become an incredibly realistic world. This paper aims at illustrating how physical and imaginary spaces have evolved. The older games are, the more indefinable and iconic their physical spaces become. In more modern games physical spaces are being more and more developed. It is now possible to move the place of action from the heights of a symbolic universe to a particular land located in a specific timeline, which made it possible to create realistic settings and characters in a life-like manner.
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Contreras-Espinosa, Ruth S., and Carlos A. Scolari. "How do teens learn to play video games?" Journal of Information Literacy 13, no. 1 (2019): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.11645/13.1.2358.
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The main objective of this article is to analyse informal learning processes in the field of video games. As many teenagers are engaged in these kinds of practices, the big question is: How do teens learn to play video games? In most cases they do not learn to play video games at school or with their parents, and therefore it is necessary to map and analyse these informal learning strategies (ILS). The aims of this article are to identify the main ILS that teens apply as they acquire and improve their video game literacy, and to develop a series of categories for analysing and classifying these informal learning experiences. After briefly outlining the situation of ILS and teens’ transmedia skills, in the context of a general reflection on information literacy (IL) and transmedia literacy (TL), the methodological aspects of research and fieldwork in eight countries is described. A taxonomy of ILS related to video game practices is also presented. The research team identified six modalities of ILS (learning by doing, problem solving, imitation, playing, evaluation and teaching) and expanded them with four main categories (subject, time, space and relationships) that contain a series of oppositions. This set of modalities, categories and oppositions should be considered as a first step in the construction of a set of analytical tools for describing and classifying ILS in the context of teens’ video game experiences.
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Guttenbrunner, Mark, Christoph Becker, and Andreas Rauber. "Keeping the Game Alive: Evaluating Strategies for the Preservation of Console Video Games." International Journal of Digital Curation 5, no. 1 (2010): 64–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v5i1.144.
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Interactive fiction and video games are part of our cultural heritage. As original systems cease to work because of hardware and media failures, methods to preserve obsolete video games for future generations have to be developed. The public interest in early video games is high, as exhibitions, regular magazines on the topic and newspaper articles demonstrate. Moreover, games considered to be classic are rereleased for new generations of gaming hardware. However, with the rapid development of new computer systems, the way games look and are played changes constantly. When trying to preserve console video games one faces problems of classified development documentation, legal aspects and extracting the contents from original media like cartridges with special hardware. Furthermore, special controllers and non-digital items are used to extend the gaming experience making it difficult to preserve the look and feel of console video games.This paper discusses strategies for the digital preservation of console video games. After a short overview of console video game systems, there follows an introduction to digital preservation and related work in common strategies for digital preservation and preserving interactive art. Then different preservation strategies are described with a specific focus on emulation. Finally a case study on console video game preservation is shown which uses the Planets preservation planning approach for evaluating preservation strategies in a documented decision-making process. Experiments are carried out to compare different emulators as well as other approaches, first for a single console video game system, then for different console systems of the same era and finally for systems of all eras. Comparison and discussion of results show that, while emulation works very well in principle for early console video games, various problems exist for the general use as a digital preservation alternative. We show what future work has to be done to tackle these problems.
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Burdenko, E. V., and V. V. Shchepetov. "IMPACT OF THE COVID - 19 PANDEMIC ON THE GLOBAL VIDEO GAMES MARKET." International Trade and Trade Policy 7, no. 1 (2021): 36–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.21686/2410-7395-2021-1-36-5.
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The article focuses on the analysis of the global video game industry. The structure of the gaming industry, which includes manufacturers from around the world, is considered. The study showed the controversial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global video game industry. The units of the global video games industry affected by the introduction of quarantine measures and self-isolation have been highlighted: cancelation or postponement of the events to 2021. Among the positive changes are the following: increased sales of video games, an increase in the number of users and the number of hours of online games. During the research, general scientific methods were used: analysis, synthesis, classification, historical method. The quantitative method was used to analyze the dynamics of economic indicators of the global video game market. The graphical presentation made it possible to visualize the obtained data. The source of information during the research was monographs and articles of foreign and domestic scientists; data from analytical agencies in the field of video games in the world; Internet resources specializing in market analysis and consumer behavior; analytical data of the World Economic Forum, etc. The scientific novelty of the study consists in a comprehensive analysis of the gaming industry, which has not been conducted before, in the unprecedented conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pietersen, André J., Jan K. Coetzee, Dominika Byczkowska-Owczarek, Florian Elliker, and Leane Ackermann. "Online Gamers, Lived Experiences, and Sense of Belonging: Students at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein." Qualitative Sociology Review 14, no. 4 (2019): 122–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.14.4.08.
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Individuals who partake in video games are often regarded with prejudice. It is an activity that is perceived to be mainly related to senseless leisure and teenage entertainment. However, many diverse people make video games such an important part of their lives that they become passionately engaged in it. Video games and online video gaming offer the player immersive experiences unlike any other forms of media. A phenomenological and interpretive exploration is undertaken in order to gain a deeper understanding of the narratives of online gamers and their experiences of a sense of belonging to the associated online communities. Through the use of in-depth interviews, the article explores various aspects of the life stories of a group of eight South African university students. It attempts to show how online gaming has become a part of their lifeworlds. The aim of this article is to present the narratives of online gamers as rich and descriptive accounts that maintain the voices of the participants. Various aspects of the lifeworlds of online gamers are explored. Firstly, an exploration is undertaken to gain an understanding of what it means to be a gamer. It focuses on how a person can become involved with gaming and how it can evolve into something that a person is engaged with on a daily basis. Secondly, it explores how video games influence the perception of reality of gamers. Immersion in video games can transfer a player into an alternative reality and can take the focus away from the real world. This can lead to feelings of joy and excitement, but can also lead to escapism. Lastly, the article shifts attention towards how online video gamers experience online communities. Players can have positive experiences with random strangers online, but because of the anonymous nature of the online environment, it can also lead to negative and isolating experiences.
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Oliva, Mercè, Óliver Pérez-Latorre, and Reinald Besalú. "‘Choose, collect, manage, win!’: Neoliberalism, enterprising culture and risk society in video game covers." Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 24, no. 6 (2016): 607–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856516680324.
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This article aims to identify the relationship between video games and neoliberal values. To fulfil this aim, it analyses the covers of the 20 top-selling video games in the United States each year from 2010 to 2014 (a total of 80 different games). Video game covers are a type of paratext, that is, texts that accompany another text to promote it and to guide its reading. Thus, video game covers choose and highlight some of the games’ features over others, and by doing that they construct a discourse. In this article, it is argued that regardless of genre, the covers analysed convey and promote neoliberal values, such as freedom and choice, entrepreneurship, consumption and accumulation of goods, customization, novelty, individualism and meritocracy. This promotion of neoliberal values is combined with an appeal to the concerns of ‘risk society’. Thus, the covers of the top-selling video games play on fears linked to the new context created by the economic crisis while at the same time legitimizing the neoliberal ideal of the ‘enterprising self’ as a model for dealing with it.
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Marín-Díaz, Verónica, Marina Morales-Díaz, and Eloísa Reche-Urbano. "Educational Possibilities of Video Games in the Primary Education Stage According to Teachers in Training. A Case Study." Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research 8, no. 1 (2019): 42–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.7821/naer.2019.1.330.
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Education mediated by video games is a way of working that is increasingly more evident. Along this line we present the resultsobtained from a group of pre-service teachers (N=169), whothrough a quasi-experimental study and the use a questionnairewith 62 items, with a scale to answer to 5 Likert-type, createdfrom Marín and Martín (2014) and Marín (2016), have reflected that previous experience in the utilisation of video games, which are not educational, is a key element to gaining a position of acceptance for their use and for developing the curriculum at the Primary Education level. It has also been possible to conclude the existence of some significant differences regarding gender in some aspects related to the curricular mediation of video games in which males are more inclined towards their use, as well as in regard to their personal relationship with this theme. Therefore, it can be inferred that video games can be used in the education of children at the primary stage.
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Warrich, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Sahrish Jamil, and Fazal Rahim Khan. "Behavioral Escalation: Video Games as a Tool of Hybrid War." Global Mass Communication Review V, no. I (2020): 75–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2020(v-i).06.
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Gaming industry in its short span of around forty years has evolved from a hobby to a huge economic industry. However, undeniably, incredible advancement in video game graphics has allowed this virtual world to manipulate and escalate its consumer's behavior. Violent video games, according to Professor Robert Sparrow, have long been used for political contestation and social unrest. The study serves to analyze behavioral escalation through video games. This study has used Ian Bogust's Procedural Rhetoric as a methodology to analyze video games. The results showed that video games are persuasive interactive medium that escalate behavior and have great potential to be used as a tool of Hybrid war. Louis Jones stated that propaganda and unconventional warfare is not a new thing, it dates back to Greeks when they left wooden horse at Troy. Colin Gray, military strategist, described the future warfare as similar to the historical one but with modern means of technology. The new virtual means of warfare have not altered the nature of warfare but have developed its new ways. Combat games are more realistic in sense of its enhanced graphics and presentation. This study points towards the great potential in video games to work as a tool for Hybrid war.
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Crogan, Patrick. "Indie Dreams: Video Games, Creative Economy, and the Hyperindustrial Epoch." Games and Culture 13, no. 7 (2018): 671–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555412018756708.
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This essay draws on research undertaken as part of a research network project exploring the growth of independent game producers in recent years and the associated changes in the technological and economic conditions of the games industry in the UK, Europe, and the North American continent. It reflects on the possibilities of and challenges to a critical and creative maturing of video games as a cultural medium, evaluating these in the context of contemporary developments in global technoculture and the digital economy. Bernard Stiegler’s critical analysis of hyperindustrial consumer culture is mobilized in evaluating the dreams for an indie future of video games as a creative force in digital cultural transformation.
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Crawford, Garry, Daniel Muriel, and Steven Conway. "A feel for the game: Exploring gaming ‘experience’ through the case of sports-themed video games." Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 25, no. 5-6 (2018): 937–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856518772027.
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Video gaming is often understood and narrated as an ‘experience’, and we would suggest that this is particularly notable with sports-themed video games. However, we would argue that how the game experience is curated and consumed, and how this relates to wider social process and forces, is rarely given any detailed consideration within the existing game research literature. Hence, this article explores how game experiences can be understood and articulated around four key themes. First, we begin with the argument that video games connect with, but also lead, a wider social trend: understanding social reality as a set of designed experiences. The real is progressively becoming a repository of technologically mediated experiences, and the logic of video games is anticipating this process. Second, we suggest video games are translations of phenomenological worlds: When successful, key aspects of the meaning of things remain similar even as one moves between spaces, domains, mediums and platforms. Developers often seek to bring others’ experiences into a game environment, such as translating the geography and mechanisms of sporting locations and competitions into a game environment. Third, following this translation of meaning across domains, gamers often narrate their encounters with video games as they would with any other experience, such as winning the Champions League in Football Manager becomes recounted by gamers like any other achievement. Fourth, video games are interactive and explicit bodily experiences because they must be enacted in order to exist.
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Maloney, Marcus. "Ambivalent Violence in Contemporary Game Design." Games and Culture 14, no. 1 (2016): 26–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555412016647848.
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Through a textual analysis of three noted examples— Bioshock, Spec Ops: The Line, and Grand Theft Auto V—This article explores the capacity for ambivalence in violent video games. The analyses bring into dialogue film scholarship which has sought to understand a comparable trend in cinema with games scholarship, most notably Darley’s discussion of narrative “decentering” and Bogost’s notion of “procedural rhetoric.” In all three games, the core gameplay in which players are rewarded for repetition of violent behaviors is juxtaposed with ambivalent narrative-contextual aspects. However, in the more overtly “multidimensional” video games medium, this juxtaposition plays out in a more fractured manner than in the flatter visual space of cinema.
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Conway, Steven Craig. "Starting at “Start”: An Exploration of the Nondiegetic in Soccer Video Games." Sociology of Sport Journal 26, no. 1 (2009): 67–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ssj.26.1.67.
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This article is a critical qualitative textual analysis of a selection of soccer video games, focusing on the representational and functional aspects of machine actions outside the game (Galloway, 2006) as illustrated by the “Introductory Video” and “Start Menu.” I analyze the figurative and ludic implications of these components comparatively, illustrating their crucial role in configuring audience expectations and pleasures for the game genre as well as for game play. By doing so I hope to illuminate how the socio-ideological values of sport video games (and video games in general) are not only exhibited through the main content of the game but also through something as simple as the start screen. This research concludes by examining what these nongame spaces have to tell us about representations of soccer in new media, and how these mediations affect our understanding of the sport’s culture.
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Marín-Díaz, Verónica, Begoña E. Sampedro-Requena, and Issota Mac Fadden. "Perceived Utility of Video Games in the Learning Process in Secondary Education—Case Studies." Sustainability 11, no. 23 (2019): 6744. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11236744.
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The incorporation of videogames into the training of students is a reality that becomes very important to the extent that they are becoming more relevant in their personal lives. Linking aspects of their informal to formal life implies taking into account how students perceive this link. The purpose of this work is to determine what the perceived utility values are among secondary school students towards the inclusion of video games in the curricular development of the contents of the said educational stage, paying attention to the educational approach of video games. The quantitative methodology used is based on explaining the relationship between variables through a multiple linear regression analysis, targeted at 223 secondary education students. It has been proven that this utility is linked to the attitude that the student has towards the following aspects: The culture of educational success, diversity, and inclusion, as well as coexistence. Therefore, we consider that the linkage development of content-video games is an element in value to be incorporated into the classroom methodology by the teacher.
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Perfilov, Yu A. "COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF VIDEO GAME TEXTS DURING THE PERIOD OF 1970-1982." Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series History and Philology 30, no. 5 (2020): 853–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2412-9534-2020-30-5-853-858.
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The article discusses the compositional features of the texts of games of various genres, presented on the Western market in the period of 1970-1982. The appeal to the topic of computer games is due to the fact that in domestic linguistics the texts of video games have been little studied at the moment, but in other branches of the humanities there is an active study of games in various aspects of science. Various points of view on the relative understanding of the game and the term “game” are presented in the context of philosophy, linguistics; methods for studying the texts of computer games, directions such as narratology and ludology and their differences are characterized. The topic of the direct dependence of the text of a video game on technological progress is touched upon: the placement of text inside the game or on other sources of information. On the material of such types of texts of video games as an interface, code, instructions, brochure, subtitle, etc., their compositional features are described.
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Ortiz, Luz, Héctor Tillerias, Christian Chimbo, and Veronica Toaza. "Impact on the video game industry during the COVID-19 pandemic." Athenea 1, no. 1 (2020): 5–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.47460/athenea.v1i1.1.
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This work presents trends and comparisons that show a change in the consumption and production of video games in times of confinement due to the health emergency. The video game industry has modified its philosophy and adapted its products to the new requirements and trends of consumers who see in this activity a way to appease the psychological and social impact due to quarantine and isolation. There is evidence of a 65% increase in the use of online video games, which has broken a world record. Products that have new aspects and considerations never before proposed by this great industry have been developed and offered, such as thematic games related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 Keywords: Video game, pandemic, online games, confinement.
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Zinovyeva, Nadezhda A. "Game streams and let’s play: Perspectives of a sociological analysis." Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology 13, no. 4 (2020): 460–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2020.407.
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The article provides an overview of research devoted to the popular practice of watching game streams and let’s play. The goal is to outline the “points of growth” for sociological analytics of the new field. Streams and let’s play videos are divided according to the criterion of online and offline communication: streams are created and shown synchronously online, and let’s play videos are recorded and edited offline. Today, both of these kinds of videos are integrated into the computer game industry, and the emergence of comments for the public date back to television shows. Based on the research results, it is possible to speak about the social structure of streams and let’s play videos — the leading role of the gamer or commentator and the community that is developing around his channel. Although the text of a computer game is the basis for comments, it still does not cover the entire topic of communication between a streamer/let’s play creator and the audience. Analysts think that computer game commenting is a form of resistance to the direct consumption of a computer game. The comment content often reflects not only the gaming experience, but the current agenda — politics, economics, and popular culture. Thus, the most popular streamers/let’s play creators become opinion leaders, their status is similar to that of other media celebrities who are at the center of a parasocial relationship. Viewers of game streams/let’s play videos form online communities with common interests, skills, and knowledge. Immersion in one information environment, understanding of its language and other symbols strengthens the feeling of belonging to a group of “friends”. The author’s contribution consists in the systematization of the research experience on the problems of social aspects of commenting on computer games and in substantiating the sociological approach to this practice as a space for the life of new teams.
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Sari, Nusan Indah Permata, and Anak Agung Gede Agung Dharma Kusuma. "PENGATURAN PERLINDUNGAN HAK CIPTA PERMAINAN VIDEO." Kertha Semaya : Journal Ilmu Hukum 8, no. 8 (2020): 1129. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/ks.2020.v08.i08.p01.
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Tujuan penulisan jurnal ilmiah ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaturan permainan video dalam Undang-Undang Hak Cipta dan mengetahui bagaimana perlindungan hukum hak cipta terhadap pelanggaran permainan video. Tulisan ini menggunakan metode penelitian hukum normatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan perundang-undangan. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat kekaburan norma pada Undang-Undang Hak Cipta yaitu pada ketentuan pasal 40 ayat (1) huruf r “permainan video”. Kekaburan norma ini terlihat jelas karena tidak adanya penjelasan lebih lanjut terkait dengan pengertian permainan video serta pengklasifikasiannya. Selain itu terlihat jelas pula bahwa terdapat kekosongan norma terkait dengan sanksi bagi pelanggar hak moral pencipta yang tidak dilakukan tidak untuk kegiatan komersiil. Selanjutnya kesimpulan kedua bahwa permainan video merupakan salah satu objek dari suatu ciptaan yang dilindungi oleh Undang-Undang Hak Cipta yang perlindungannya berlaku selama 50 tahun sejak permainan video tersebut dipublikasikan. Berdasarkan ketentuan pasal 95 Undang-Undang Hak Cipta, pencipta atau pemegang hak cipta atau ahli waris dari pencipta permainan video dapat mengajukan tuntutan ganti rugi ke Pengadilan Niaga kepada pelaku pelanggaran hak ekonomi pencipta permainan video.
 
 The purpose of this scientific journal is to know the rules of the video games in the Copyright law and to know how the copyright legal protection against video games violations. In this paper, the research method used is normative legal research which uses a statutory approach. The result of this journal are indicate there is a blurry norm in Article 40 paragraph letter r of Copyright law. The ambiguity of norm is cleary seen because there is no further explanation related to the understanding of video games and their classification and it is also cleary that there are void norm related to sanction for violators of the creator’s moral rights wich are not carried out not for commercial activities. Then, the second conclusions is that video games are one of the object of a creation that get protection from Copyright laws, the protection os valid for 50 years since the video games was published. Based on the Article 95 of Copyright law, the creator or copyright holder or the heirs of creator of video games can submit compensations claims to the Commersial Court to the perpretators of violations of the economic rights of the video games creator’s.