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Champlin, Alexander Doran. "Video Game Play and Apparatus." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1341986681.
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Ngai, Anita Ching Yi. "Cultural Influences On Video Games: players' preferences in narrative and game-play." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/770.
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As an entertainment media, video games provide pleasure and enjoyment through interactions with various game elements. Some games are more successful in one part of the world than others, which sales data have clearly shown over the years. Games designed in various parts of the world often have distinct differences, as developers implicitly or subconsciously convey their values and culture in their creations. Thus, in examining ?what is fun,? one must move beyond technical aspects of game design and look into immersion and emotional experiences. In this paper, sales data for 2004 were first examined, followed by a case study to investigate any differences between Japan and the US, where major game console manufacturers and game developers reside. Although they indicated differences in popularity of genres and design approaches, results from the survey were not able to verify conclusively major statistical difference between the two groups of respondents.
The survey was constructed with a focus on narrative and game-play elements, in hopes to get a better understanding of players? preferences through the concept of immersion, which were anticipated to be influenced by cultural differences. Although no major differences were found, given the small sample population, it could be seen that there was a greater sense of character attachment from Japanese respondents, while American respondents did not like to be forced away from their actions by ?long? narrative elements.
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Beck, Michael J. "Shall We Play a Game?: The Performative Interactivity of Video Games." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700111/.
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This study examines the ways that videogames and live performance are informed by play theory. Utilizing performance studies methodologies, specifically personal narrative and autoperformance, the project explores the embodied ways that gamers know and understand videogames. A staged performance, “Shall We Play a Game?,” was crafted using Brechtian theatre techniques and Conquergood’s three A’s of performance, and served as the basis for the examination. This project seeks to dispel popular misconceptions about videogames and performance and to expand understanding about videogaming as an embodied performative practice and a way of knowing that has practical implications for everyday life.
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Sanger, Mark A. "Use of video games to increase sport knowledge and game-play performance." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1473254.
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Medler, Ben. "Play with data - an exploration of play analytics and its effect on player expereinces." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44888.
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In a time of 'Big Data,' 'Personal Informatics' and 'Infographics' the definitions of data visualization and data analytics are splintering rapidly. When one compares how Fortune 500 companies are using analytics to optimize their supply chains and lone individuals are visualizing their Twitter messages, we can see how multipurpose these areas are becoming. Visualization and analytics are frequently exhibited as tools for increasing efficiency and informing future decisions. At the same time, they are used to produce artworks that alter our perspectives of how data is represented and analyzed. During this time of turbulent reflection within the fields of data visualization and analytics, digital games have been going through a similar period of data metamorphosis as players are increasingly being connected and tracked through various platform systems and social networks. The amount of game-related data collected and shared today greatly exceeds that of previous gaming eras and, by utilizing the domains of data visualization and analytics, this increased access to data is poised to reshape, and continue to reshape, how players experience games.
This dissertation examines how visualization, analytics and games intersect into a domain with a fluctuating identity but has the overall goal to analyze game-related data. At this intersection exists play analytics, a blend of digital systems and data analysis methods connecting players, games and their data. Play analytic systems surround the experience of playing a game, visualizing data collected from players and act as external online hubs where players congregate. As part of this dissertation's examination of play analytics, over eighty systems are analyzed and discussed. Additionally, a user study was conducted to test the effects play analytic systems have on a player's gameplay behavior. Both studies are used to highlight how play analytic systems function and are experienced by players. With millions of players already using play analytics systems, this dissertation provides a chronicle of the current state of play analytics, how the design of play analytics systems may shift in the future and what it means to play with data.
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Beale, Matthew Carson. "Playing the Writing Game: Gaming the Writing Play." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32006.
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My studies consider the application of digital game theory to the instruction of writing in the first year composition classroom. I frame my argument through dialectic of representation and simulation and the cultural shift now in progress from the latter to the former. I first address the history of multimodal composition in the writing classroom, specifically noting the movement from analysis to design. In the third chapter, I examine several primary tenants of video game theory in relation to traditional academic writing, such as the concept of authorship and the importance of a rule system. My final chapter combines the multimodal and digital game theory to create what I term â digital game composition pedagogy.â The last chapter offers new ways to discuss writing and composing through the theories of video games, and shows how video games extend the theories associated with writing to discussions that coincide with an interest that many of our students have outside of the classroom.Master of Arts
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Bohman, Niclas, and Kimberly Stinson. "The Effects of Peripheral Use on Video Game Play." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-26262.
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Fourteen volunteers were asked to participate in an experiment, along with answering a survey, toevaluate the performance of three peripherals: the Xbox 360 Wired Controller, a keyboard, and theRock Band Fender Stratocaster Wired Guitar Controller. The participants played a prototype madein Unity, and their accuracy scores were analyzed in R using ANOVA. However, no significantquantifiable difference was found based on which peripheral was being used. The scores were alsoanalyzed using Pearson's Product-Moment correlation, and we were able to determine that thevariation in accuracy scores was directly linked to the participant's specific test run in theexperiment. Taking this into consideration along with results of our observational data andparticipant feedback, we found that there were more factors at play, in regards to playability andaccuracy, than just the input device itself. The learning effect of repetitive play of the prototype andinput devices, the control input scheme, and the participant's chosen peripheral manipulationmethod all had an impact.I syfte att utvärdera prestandan av de tre kringutrustningarna handkontroll till Xbox 360, ett vanligttangentbord samt Rock Bands gitarrkontroll Fender Stratocaster deltog fjorton frivilliga personer i ettexperiment samt svarade på en enkät. Deltagarna spelade en prototyp gjord i spelmotorn Unity somsamlade in deras precisionspoäng som senare kunde analyseras i programmet R med metoden ANOVA.Dock hittades ingen signifikant mätbar skillnad mellan de olika kringutrustningarnas prestanda.Precisionspoängen analyserades även med hjälp av Pearsons produkt-moment korrelation där vi kundekonstatera att variationen i precisionspoängen var direkt kopplade till deltagarens specifika testrunda iexperimentet. Med hänsyn till detta tillsammans med resultaten från våra observationer samt feedbackfrån deltagarna fann vi att det fanns fler faktorer än inmatningsenheten som påverkade spelbarheten ochprecisionen: deltagarnas val vid hanteringen av kringutrustningen, de olika kontrollschemana samtinlärningseffekten som uppstod vid upprepat spelande av prototypens testbana och användandet avkringutrustningen.
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Whalen, Zach. "Play along video game music as metaphor and metonymy /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0004911.
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Plank, Dana Marie. "Bodies in Play: Representations of Disability in 8- and 16-bit Video Game Soundscapes." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1543506274730883.
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Castagnino, Ugolotti Vania. "Persuasive Meaningful Play : Exploring the video game Behind Every Great One." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-17728.
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This thesis shines a light on tools that can be used in order to create persuasive and meaningful video games. This research was designed as an exploration of the game Behind Every Great One, with the purpose to determine if and how the game could attain a persuasive and meaningful representation of a benevolent sexist situation. To achieve this, the research took on three different approaches: an interview with the developer, a textual analysis of the game, and a qualitative survey analysing players' reactions to, and perceptions of, the game. The findings suggest that displaying characters' emotions in ways that transmit them to the players, paired with a realistic, complex representation of the social situation portrayed, are imperative for making the game have a persuasive and meaningful impact on the players. The researcher also suggests the term persuasive meaningful play as an applicable way to refer to games that contain similar characteristics as Behind Every Great One.
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Harvey, Colin. "Play the story : embodiment and emplacement in the video game." Thesis, University of East London, 2009. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/954/.
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In this PhD thesis I construct a method for the analysis of video game media based upon the concepts of affect and the body of relations. I explore the interrelationship between play and story in the video game medium through an approach that emphasizes the connected and contingent ideas of embodiment and emplacement, as defined by the cultural studies critic Chris Rojek (2007). I suggest that game play needs to be understood as simultaneously processural and relational. I argue that the body of relations can be used as a means to understand a player's embodiment and emplacement in relation to video game media. The body of relations is constituted by the physiological, autobiographical, cultural, social, materialist, energetic, and economic aspects through which video games and video game players are constructed. Each element of the body of relations exists in a synergistic, dynamic relationship with the other aspects of the body of relations. In talking about embodiment I utilise the concept of `affect', the drives and motivations that characterise all human endeavour. The version of affect I employ was originally outlined by Baruch Spinoza and has more recently been re-conceptualised by the contemporary neuroscientist Antonio Damasio (2003). I connect this definition of affect with the phenomenological approach as outlined by Maurice Merleau-Ponty (2007) and the idea of the 'extended mind' of Andy Clark and David Chalmers (2002). The resultant method suggests the necessity of conceiving `configuration' - the process by which a player interacts and interprets video game media - in affective as well as relational terms (Aarseth 1997; Dovey and Kennedy 2006; Eskelinen 2001; Giddings 2007; Moulthrop 2004; Murray 2005; Woolgar 1991).
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Cheng, William. "Technologies of Transgression and Musical Play in Video Game Cultures." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10580.
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Developments in video games over the last few decades have opened up many new kinds of musical experiences that pose substantial challenges to traditional understandings of music and musical agency. Virtual spaces grant us opportunities and freedoms to interact with music in manners that might not be prudent, practical, or even possible in the physical world. Players and creators of games have considerable license to play with music – to push the boundaries of music’s signifying and sensational potential within far-reaching narrative, ludic, and social contexts. This dissertation investigates how modern technologies of digital gaming enable and motivate such transgressive modes of musical engagement. Video game players, composers, and designers frequently employ (or otherwise interact with) music, noise, and speech in ways that deliberately or inadvertently violate technical rules, social expectations, cultural conventions, aesthetic norms, and ethical codes. Just as creators of games are constantly surprising gamers with innovative concepts and progressive designs, so gamers often come up with forms of emergent play that creators themselves might not have anticipated or intended. Though gameplay isn’t always explicitly transgressive, I argue here that it can be productively conceptualized as an activity that is largely bound up in potentialities for transgression. Play isn’t simply about make-believe, but additionally about re-making belief – about redrawing the limits of the imagination through accomplishments of acts previously unimaginable (or believed to have been outright impossible). The particular liberties that can be taken with (and in) games may ultimately teach us some profound things about what (we think) music is (and isn’t), how it works, what it’s good for, and why and to whom these questions should matter in broader social, cultural, and intellectual contexts.Music
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Bohné, Gunnar. "Emotions at play : gaining emotional knowledge using a video game." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Människa-datorinteraktion, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-232370.
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The use of video games for teaching children different subjects is commonly believed to be a good approach. In general has learning theme for these games focused on traditionally subject, such as math or biology. Important as they can be for education, other softer aspects can also be considered important for the children and education. One such aspect is emotions and the role it has on a social level. However, it is not much research showing how to use emotions in a learning game. In this thesis, I examine how children perceive and use emotions as they play a game specially designed for teaching emotions. The game utilises emotions in a new design that let the player interact with cartoon animals in different scenarios. I report findings based on a sample of thirty-three (33) preschool children, and six (6) parents who took part in the study. Data was collected using a qualitative method in a two step procedure with observation of play and follow up interviews in the first step, followed by video recordings of play and demonstrations using cuddly pets in the second step. Using an ecological framework for analysis and theory from the field of emotional intelligence, I show that children playing this game can perceive emotions expressed in the game. I also show that it is possible to play this particular game without the need to involve emotions. Children do not learn emotions from playing the game. These results carries important implication for the design of learning games as it illuminates that learning can come from possible sources other than the gameplay.Det finns en spridd uppfattning att videospel kan fungera som lärandespel för barn. Generelltsätt har denna uppfattning stöd i skolan och det finns därför även en önskan att producera spel som kan användas till att undervisa traditionella kärnämnen, exempelvis matematik eller biologi. Dessa ämnen är betydelsefulla att bemästra, dock finns även andra mer mjuka aspekter som kan ha en avgörande betydelse för barnets lärande. En sådan aspekt gäller den viktiga betydelse som känslor har i ett socialt sammanhang. I denna uppsats undersöker jag hur barn uppfattar och använder känslor då barnen spelar ett spel som är designat enkom för detta syfte. Spelet utnyttjar en design som låter spelaren interagera med tecknade djur i skilda scenarion. Jag redovisar resultat som baseras på ett urval av trettiotre (33) förskolebarn och sex (6) föräldrar. De material som samlades in bygger på en kvalitativ datainsamlingsmetod som är uppbyggd i två steg. I steg ett samlades data in genom observationer samt uppföljande intervjuer. I steg två genomfördes sedan observationer följt av demonstrationer då barnen använde gosedjur. Jag visar, genom att applicera ett ekologiskt ramverk samt teori kring emotionell intelligens, att barnen kan uppfatta känslor som manifesteras i ett videospel. Jag visar också att spe- let kan spelas genom en slumpmässig interaktion där barnen inte behöver använda känslor för att föra spelet framåt, och jag konkluderar därför att det är möjligt att barnen inte lär sig känslor som en följd av själva spelandet.
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Yates, Brittany Elizabeth McMurray Robert G. "A pilot study assessing energy expenditure during interactive video game play." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,1899.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008.Title from electronic title page (viewed Dec. 11, 2008). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science Exercise Physiology." Discipline: Exercise and Sports Science; Department/School: Exercise and Sport Science.
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Whynott, Elizabeth M. "Video Game Play: The Effects of Exploratory Representational Play and Constructive Play on Divergent Thinking and Problem-Solving." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1524133931554959.
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Tang, Wai Yen. "Lose your Self-Control to Video Game Violence: The Dual Impact of Ego Depletion and Violent Video Game Play on Aggression." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338307763.
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Deterding, Sebastian [Verfasser], and Uwe [Akademischer Betreuer] Hasebrink. "Modes of Play : A Frame Analytic Account of Video Game Play / Sebastian Deterding. Betreuer: Uwe Hasebrink." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1054422311/34.
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Powell, Cecil Lamonte. "College men's psychological and physiological responses associated with violent video game play." unrestricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04212008-155443/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2008.Title from file title page. Dominic Parrott, committee chair; Tracie Stewart, Cynthia Hoffner, Heather Kleider, Eric Vanman, committee members. Electronic text (94 p. : ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed July 2, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-88).
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Gray, Christopher S. "Potential Associations Between Relationship Quality Among Emerging Adults and Offline Video Game Play." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent158626929850231.
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Braaf, Adele. "A grounded theory for active video game design to promote gamer engagement and immersion." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2724.
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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.Active Video Games (AVGs) are a form of video games that rely on gamer motion as the main source of interaction between the AVG and the player. These AVGs serve a number of purposes, such as medical rehabilitation, education, social development, and motor skill development, among others. Prolonged play of AVGs is not sustainable as gamers lose interest in playing AVGs after the initial period of acquiring them. Therefore, the following research question was posed: “What design factors contribute to an engaged and immersed AVG experience?” The aim was to explore the inhibiting and enhancing factors influencing engagement and immersion among AVG gamers, as well as to develop a theory of AVG design. Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) was used as the methodology to carry out this study, which adopted an inductive approach towards the research to construct a theory firmly grounded in the data. Play Active Theory (PAT) is the outcome of this process, which explores the engagement and immersion factors related to AVG design as well as the abandonment and replayability of AVGs. PAT was compared to existing engagement and motivation theories as part of the CGT process, and further refined. In closing, the research question was answered and the aims of the study were met. A reflection account of the research journey concludes the thesis.
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Camarata, Joseph. "Video Game Engagement, Gender, and Age: Examining Similarities and Differences in Motivation Between Those Who May or May Not Play Video Games." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3260.
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This research aims to fill a research gap by examining video games to explore whether gender, age, or hours played per week would exert any influence on the information of those who may or may not play video games. Mood Management Theory and Uses and Gratification Theory were used as the theoretical foundation for this study. Four-hundred-three East Tennessee State University students who received the survey via email were asked to voluntarily participate in a survey about their motivations behind playing video games. Results from MANOVA showed that the motivations of male participants on video games were significantly higher than were female participants on video games. Moreover, those who claimed to play five or more hours of video games per week were significantly higher than those who claimed to play zero hours per week.
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McDivitt, Anne. "I Play to Beat the Machine: Masculinity and the Video Game Industry in the United States." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5817.
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This thesis examines the video game industry within the United States from the first game that was created in 1958 until the shift to Japanese dominance of the industry in 1985, and how white, middle class masculinity was reflected through the sphere of video gaming. The first section examines the projections of white, middle class masculinity in U.S. culture and how that affected the types of video games that the developers created. The second section examines reflections of this masculine culture that surrounded video gaming in the 1970s and 1980s in the developers, gamers, and the media, while demonstrating how the masculine realm of video gaming was constructed. Lastly, a shift occurred after the 1980 release of Pac-Man, which led to a larger number of women gamers and developers, as well as an industry that embraced a broader audience. It concludes with the crash of the video game industry within the United States in 1983, which allowed Japanese video game companies to gain dominance in video gaming worldwide instead of the U.S. companies, such as Atari.M.A.
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Boström, Pontus, and Isabell Hansen. "Community Management - The Role Community Managers Play in the Video Game Industry in Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-255725.
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The video game industry has developed into a multibillion dollar industry. As the rise of social media and other online networks has enabled consumers to more easily express their opinions and critique about the products, these platforms become important when it comes to obtaining customer knowledge. The responsibilities of a community manager includes to obtain this knowledge and share it further with the game developers. Hence, a shared effort between the firm and the online communities of the firm can help create value for the customers in the long run. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the community manager's role within the process of transferring information from the communities into knowledge for the company, and also to explore how it differs in different sized companies. Theory regarding knowledge transfer and conversion, as well as customer knowledge management theory have be covered and in addition also theories on online communities. To achieve the aim of the study a qualitative and exploratory research was undertaken by selecting four case companies. Gathering the empirical findings, it became clear that one company had the most interesting community out of the four cases and therefore it became the main focus in the analysis. A community manager’s role is different depending on the company and its size. Larger firms are more concerned with a social media presence and smaller firms are more concerned with maintaining close relationships. Reaching a conclusion, it was clear that the community manager at Expansive Worlds, had several different roles within the process of knowledge transfer, in terms of acquiring, combining, and sharing knowledge.
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Schrank, Brian. "Play beyond flow: a theory of avant-garde videogames." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/42865.
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Videogame tinkerers, players, and activists of the 21st century are continuing, yet redefining, the avant-garde art and literary movements of the 20th century. Videogames are diverging as a social, cultural, and digital medium. They are used as political instruments, artistic experiments, social catalysts, and personal means of expression. A diverse field of games and technocultural play, such as alternate reality games, griefer attacks, arcade sculptures, and so on, can be compared and contrasted to the avant-garde, such as contemporary tactical media, net art, video art, Fluxus, the Situationists, the work of Pollock or Brecht, Dada, or the Russian Formalists. For example, historical avant-garde painters played with perspectival space (and its traditions), rather than only within those grid-like spaces. This is similar in some ways to how game artists play with flow (and player expectations of it), rather than advancing flow as the popular and academic ideal. Videogames are not only an advanced product of technoculture, but are the space in which technoculture conventionalizes play. This makes them a fascinating site to unwork and rethink the protocols and rituals that rule technoculture. It is the audacity of imagining certain videogames as avant-garde (from the perspective of mainstream consumers and art academics alike) that makes them a good candidate for this critical experiment.
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Dogramacilar, Gozde. "Play and History: Authenticity and experience in virtual reconstructions and video gaming." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276998914.
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Bassenge, Leoni. "Making Room for Play : A play-centric workshop proposal for increasing girls' game literacy and access to games." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för speldesign, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-449565.
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This thesis addresses the gender-specific game access inequalities that exist between male and non-male children. To do this, it proposes a conceptual workshop design named SpielRaum, which aims to offer teens of marginalized genders a safe space to access games. By curating games for free play and combining it with guided discussions and self-reflection exercises, the workshop hopes to facilitate game literacy in a play-centric way. This sets it apart from other game-related workshops for non-male teens, which are also examined. It is found that they tend to be development-centric. Leading up to the workshop design, the game access disparities are put into context. It is found that implicit and explicit exclusion of non-male people in the games domain leads to a vicious circle of non-participation and non-representation. This in turn contributes to the socialized perception of games as a male medium and disadvantages non-male players in the context of gaming. Further, game literacy is determined as an important game access condition and way of self-defense against marginalizing game content. This is why SpielRaum aims to raise non-male participants’ awareness for their own marginalization and show them that they can unapologetically claim gaming for themselves.Detta arbete tittar på könsspecifika ojämlikheter vad gäller tillgång till videospel som finns mellan manliga och icke-manliga ungdomar. I undersökningen föreslås en konceptuell workshop som heter SpielRaum, som siktar på att ge tonåringar som tillhör marginaliserade könsgrupper en säker miljö för att därmed göra videospel mer tillgängliga. Genom att samla spel för fritt spelande och kombinera guidade diskussioner med självreflekterande övningar, hoppas workshopen kunna ge ökad kunskap om spel på ett spelfokuserat sätt. Detta gör att den skiljer sig från andra workshop-miljöer för icke-manliga tonåringar, vilket även behandlas i arbetet. Vad som upptäcktes var att de tenderar att varautvecklingsorienterade. Under arbetet med workshop-designen sattes skillnaderna runt speltillgänglighet i fokus: det fastställdes att implicit och explicit uteslutning av icke-manliga spelare leder till en ond cirkel av icke-deltagande och icke-representation. Detta bidrar sedan till den sociala uppfattningen att spel är ett medium för män och att icke-män är missgynnade vad gäller spel. Dessutom är kunskap om spel nödvändigt om man ska kunna delta i spel, och kan användas som ett sätt att försvara sig själv mot marginaliserande innehåll i spel. Detta är anledningen till att SpielRaum siktar på att öka icke-mäns medvetenhet för sin egen marginalisering och för att visa att de kan delta i spelvärlden utan att be om lov först.
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Fent, Andrew Thomas. "The Effect of Action Video Game Play on the Distribution and Resolution of Visuospatial Attention." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1503943019166304.
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Burke, Benjamin M. S., and James M. Ph D. CLFE DAV Duncan. "From virtual to reality: The positive and negative outcomes of video game play in adolescents." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2019/schedule/20.
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Video games are an almost universal adolescent leisure activity. Though some in the scholarly field are concerned about the effects of violent video game content on adolescent social outcomes, others believe that the benefits of video game play have been overlooked. A literature review was conducted to examine the evidence for positive and negative outcomes of video game play on adolescents. There were 14 articles identified and subsequently reviewed. Findings demonstrated a unique link between video game play and antisocial (e.g., aggression), prosocial (e.g., generosity), and pragmatic (e.g., problem-solving skills) outcomes. However, the results also suggest that much of this research is atheoretical and does adequately consider the roles of relational context. Discussion of the potential roles of relationships, theoretical applications, strengths and limitations of the research, and future directions are provided.
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Seidler, Dustin Alan. "An Exploration of the Relationship Between Video Game Play and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression." OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2077.
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental illness that affects thousands of military service members and veterans every year. Strongly associated with PTSD are symptoms of depression, life satisfaction and physical health complaints. Playing video games has been shown in the past to reduce symptoms of PTSD, other mental illnesses, and reduce the experience of pain. The purpose of this study was to examine these relationships, specifically regarding a 3-4 hour per week duration that has been particularly beneficial to military service members in the past. Participants included n = 400 military service members or veterans who had served in a combat zone and was relatively representative of the U.S. military population. Participants completed a number of measures assessing PTSD and depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, physical health, military service, and video game play behaviors. Results indicated that no relationship exists between the duration of video game play PTSD symptoms severity, unless the PTSD symptoms were present first. A linear relationship was also noted between video game play duration and depressive symptoms. No significant relationship was observed between video game play duration and life satisfaction or physical health ailments. These findings seem to contradict some of the previous literature, though may indicate that playing video games as a utilization of an avoidance strategy could be detrimental to one’s mental health.
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López, Fernández Francisco J. "Personality and Video Games: The role of personality in normal and disordered videogaming, motives to play, and aggression." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Jaume I, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669779.
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Video games are popular patimes in the developed world. Despite not having negative efects for the vast majority of people, a minority of players can display a disordered use with an addictive symptomatology. Furthermore, it has been claimed violent video game use could make young players more aggressive.
Video gaming is a complex behavior and is influenced by the interplay of factors of different nature. From these factors, personality arises as a key element in explaining video game-related behaviors.
This doctoral thesis aims to provide empirical data about the associations between personality, motives to play and video game related behaviors, as well as about the role of personality and video game use in aggression.
The findings highlight the importance of studying individual differences in videogaming.Los videojuegos son pasatiempos populares en el mundo desarrollado. A pesar de que la mayoría de gente no sufre ningún efecto negativo, una minoría de jugadores puede mostrar un uso patológico mostrando sintomatología adictiva. Además, se ha afirmado que el uso de videojuegos violentos haría a los jugadores jóvenes más agresivos. El uso de videojuegos es una conducta compleja y se ve influenciada por la interacción de factores de distinta naturaleza. Entre esos factores, la personalidad emerge como un factor clave para explicar conductas relacionadas con los videojuegos. Esta tesis doctoral pretende aportar datos empíricos sobre las asociaciones entre personalidad, motivos de uso, y conductas relacionadas con los videojuegos, así como del rol de la personalidad y los videojuegos violentos en conductas agresivas. Los hallazgos destacan la importancia de estudiar diferencias individuales en el juego.
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Stanisic, Biljana. "Fantasy versus Reality: How video game and book genres associate with creative thinking." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för psykologi (PSY), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-85441.
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Video games have suffered a negative reputation regarding their influence on children and adolescents, in comparison to its “well-behaved” counterpart, books. Nevertheless, the world of video games is much more diverse than imaginable – from fantasy to reality – and it is possible that different types of video games have different effects on human cognition and behavior. To fill a gap in research, fantasy and non-fantasy genres were the focal point of the correlational study. In this study, we analyze how video game playing habits, video game genre preference, book reading habits and book reading preferences are correlated with creative thinking. Construal level theory explains the importance of psychological distances in enhancing creativity. Fantasy and fiction content, as well as role play, are theorized to be part of creativity due to generation of distance and abstract thinking. Creativity was measured by insight problems and a categorization task. Abstract thinking was also measured by the Behavioral Identification Form. The questionnaire was given out to 154 students during lunch hours at a university in Sweden, throughout the period of March 2019. The results indicated that preference in a genre, whether gaming or literature, did not indicate significant differences in creative thinking. However, the consumption and habit of playing role-play games showed a significant correlation to creativity in comparison to its “rival” – action games. Results showed the same effects for fiction literature versus non-fiction. Theoretical and practical implications for organizations and the workplace are discussed, as well as limitations of the study.
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Levy, Laura M. "The effects of background music on video game play performance, behavior and experience in extraverts and introverts." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54462.
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For many, listening to music is an enjoyable experience pursued throughout one’s lifetime. Nearly 200 years of music psychology research has revealed the various ways music listening can impact human emotional states, as well as cognitive and motor performance. Music in video games has come a long way from the first chiptunes of 1978 to the full scores written specifically for games today. However, very little is understood of how background game music impacts game performance, behavior and experience. Even less is known for how music variables might affect performance, behavior and experience by individual differences, such as personality type. In this study, 78 participants scoring in the top 30% for their age range of either extraversion or introversion played a cognitive-training game in four music conditions (silence, low tempo, medium tempo, and high tempo). Performance, game play behavior, and flow experience scores were analyzed for each music condition by level of extraversion. While no statistically significant differences were found in game performance scores by level of extraversion, there were statistically significant differences found for play behavior (physical mouse motions) and flow experience for the music conditions. These results suggest that music can both alter the nature of physical game inputs and also provide a more engaging game experience, while not necessarily impacting one’s ability to perform in a game.
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Mellecker, Robin Rochelle. "The conversion of sedentary time to active time in children: the role of activity enhanced video game play." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44525114.
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Koloko, Muya. "The persistence of attitudes following violent and non-violent video game play using conventional versus embodied controls." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14402.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-79).The effects of violent video game play on hostility and support for violence are unclear. Previous studies have shown increases, decreases or no effect at all. At the time of the first study (2007) it was unclear if attitudes and opinions within a game persisted after game play. Also unknown was how long any such effects would last, and if they would be affected by using embodied versus conventional controls in the game. 3 experiments were run on university students to investigate these points. It was hypothesised that violent play would increase hostility and support for violence, and that these effects would be short term and increased by the use of embodied controls. Study 1 investigated whether attitudes and opinions persisted immediately after game play by having participants play either a nonviolent or violent version of a computer game and then measuring their support for violence. The hypothesis was tentatively supported in males, who showed higher support for violence in the violent version group. Study 2 aimed to pilot a behavioural measure of hostility to be used in Study 3 by having participants watch either a non-violent (non-violent group) or violent clip (violent group) before completing the behavioural measure and the violence questionnaire used in Study 1. The hypothesis was not well supported in that the attitudinal scores were almost equal. However, the expected trend occurred in the behavioural measure. Study 3 investigated how long the effects on hostility and support for violence would last, and if they were affected by the use of embodied versus conventional controls. Participants played a non-violent and violent game on either the Playstation 2 or Nintendo Wii. Violent play did not increase support for violence and hostile decision making, it marginally decreased them. Also, the participants' responses did not completely return to baseline after 24 hours. Lastly, embodied controls were not found to have a greater effect on support for violence. Therefore, the 3 predictions of this study were not supported. Overall, the central tenet that video games can affect players' attitudes, opinions, cognition and behaviour post play and that this will be especially true in games wherein an in-game character mimics the physical actions of the player is not well supported.
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Velez, John A. "A Test of Bounded Generalized Reciprocity and Social Identity Theory in a Social Video Game Play Context." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397671422.
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Mullee, Sean. "The Effects of Hype on the Free-to-Play Pricing Strategy in the Online Video Game Industry." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1588196222423073.
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Wolfram, Jakub, and Rebecka Näsberg. "In what ways do game design students perceive microtransactions in free-to-play online PC games?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för speldesign, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-395292.
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In recent years, microtransactions have become a norm for monetization and a standardbusiness model in free-to-play games. This is something that affects multiple individuals andhas caused quite a stir among players. Through this research, we want to gain anunderstanding of why some microtransaction types might be considered more acceptable thanothers. In addition, to gaining potential data that could possibly give us a look into the futureof the design of microtransactions. We have gathered our data by conducting online chatbased semi-structured interviews with current and former university students studying gamedesign at Uppsala University.The research found that game design students have a predominantly negative opinion aboutmost microtransactions, especially when they were affecting the gameplay, contrary to whenthey were not.
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Ware, Nicholas R. "“You Must Defeat Shen Long To Stand A Chance”: Street Fighter, Race, Play, and Player." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277062605.
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Kryszak, Elizabeth M. "Assessing the Effects of Observing Non-Performance-Based Aggression during Online Violent Video Game Play on Aggressive Behavior." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1382984679.
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Ferrari, Simon. "The judgment of procedural rhetoric." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/33915.
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This thesis establishes a theoretical framework for understanding virtual spaces and roleplaying in relation to Ian Bogost's theory of "procedural rhetoric," the art of persuading through rule systems alone. Bogost characterizes the persuasive power of games as setting up an Aristotelian enthymeme--an incomplete argument--that one completes through play; however, I argue that the dominant rhetoric intended by a team of game designers is subject to manipulation through player choice. Discrete structures within the play experience cause the meaning-making possibilities of a game object to pullulate in a number of directions. Procedural rhetoric is not comprehended or created when reflected back upon after play: we interrogate it, piece it together, and change it through play.
If rules are how the designers express themselves through videogames, then the player expresses herself by forming a personal ruleset--a modus operandi or ethical system--in response to the dominant rhetoric. Furthermore, game space is not merely the place where this dialectic occurs; it also embodies a ruleset in the way it organizes objects and directs the flow of play. The thesis proposes a model by which games, which are "half-real" according to theorist Jesper Juul, can be judged intersubjectively--that is, in a way that accounts for the objectivity of their rulesets and the subjectivity of player experience. By fully understanding the dynamic between the three procedural influences of rules, space, and identity, we can learn more about designing persuasive game systems and enhance the possibilities of subversive play.
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Fedchun, Kathryn. "A Feminist Autoethnography: On Hegemonic Masculinity, Failure, and Subversive Play in League of Legends." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/40968.
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League of Legends is one of the most popular video games in the world, and yet it is also infamously known as being filled with harassment and failure. Why do I continue to play? In this project, a critical autoethnography is used to illustrate what it is like to play in this male-dominated space as a woman. Using feminist and queer game studies as my theoretical framework, this project investigates three distinct, but interconnected concepts: hegemonic masculinity, weaponized failure, and subversive play. In chapter one, I use Raewyn Connell’s theory of hegemonic masculinity to analyze League of Legends. I argue that gameplay elements such as champion selection, communication, and role-play make it difficult to challenge hegemonic masculinity in League of Legends. However, I do acknowledge that it is possible to challenge through playing the role of support properly – by concentrating on teamwork and sacrifice. In chapter two, I use queer video game studies, including key texts by Bonnie Ruberg and Jesper Juul, to consider failure in League of Legends. While queer failure can be fun in single-player video games, I argue that failure in League of Legends can be used as a weapon to intentionally hurt your teammates. Finally, in chapter three I consider my own subversive playstyle. While some academics have argued that woman who play masculine video games using male-coded skills cannot challenge the patriarchy, I argue that embracing my femininity in League of Legends allows me to persevere and push against the patriarchy. I argue that my feminine visibility in the form of my gamertag, SJW Queen, my communication style that emphasizes positivity and mediation, and how I play League of Legends are all examples of subversive gameplay. I bring my femininity into League of Legends uncompromised and I embrace it, rather than try to escape from it.
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Hodge, Sarah. "Press trigger for morality : an exploration into the role of moral development, moral decision-making and video game play." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2018. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31039/.
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Due to concerns over the psychological effects of playing video games, research into the role of morality and video games needed to be investigated. Some video games contain controversial, potentially morally questionable content, and numerous video games involve moral narratives or require the player to make moral decisions. Thus, both these features in video games show the importance of understanding the role of morality in this virtual space from a psychological perspective, to contribute to the gap in knowledge. Previous research suggests many inconsistencies in the findings; some research reported decisions in a video game were similar to moral decisions made in real-life, whereas other research found amorality in video games. The research contributed original knowledge, by addressing methodological issues, and examining the relationship with different aspects of morality and video game play. Phase 1 examined a variety of video game play factors and moral development. Three hundred and one participants from a Secondary school, Sixth form, and a University, aged between 11 and 27 years completed a questionnaire, which included a measure of moral development (the Sociomoral Reflection Measure) and questions regarding videogame play. The results suggest that different factors predicted low and high moral scores: moral narrative and number of genres played predicted higher moral scores, whereas years playing, average content rating, and playing Grand Theft Auto predicted lower moral scores. Surprisingly, moral development was suggested to transition between ages 12–13, which has not been reported in previous research. Phase 2 examined moral behaviour through the moral decisions of participants as they played a purpose-made game, which was designed and programmed specifically for this research. One hundred and fifteen University undergraduate participants participated. Decision-making was suggested to be slower than expected (not intuitive) which was influenced by the first encounter, suggesting participants were deliberating on their decisions. Overall the in-game instructions were suggested to be the strongest predictor for in-game decisions. Whereas real-life morality, previous game play and post-game measures (e.g. Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and Tangrams help/hurt task) did not significantly predict in-game moral decisions. The implications of the results, moral decision-making and using a purpose-made game was evaluated. In conclusion Phase 1 and 2 of the research undertook the question of the role of morality in video games from two different but complementary approaches; through examining long term moral reasoning and video game play and short term moral decisions in a purpose-made game. Both Phases of the research demonstrated the complex interaction that takes place between the player, the game and morality; in terms of both moral reasoning and decision making with video game play (i.e. genres) and the design of the game (i.e. in-game instructions). Further research is needed to understand the factors which affect moral engagement and disengagement within this interaction, as these can have important short term and long term effects.
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Hanus, Michael D. "Pay to Play: Effects of Money and Choice on Intrinsic Motivation, Enjoyment, and Self-Esteem in Video Game Players." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338480089.
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Park, Byungho. "Video game play and motivation variation in appetitive and aversive motivational system activation as a function of virtual threat level /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3223045.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Telecommunications, 2006."Title from dissertation home page (viewed June 26, 2007)." Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-06, Section: A, page: 1963. Adviser: Annie Lang.
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Cipollone, Maria. "Motivation to Mine: An Analysis of the Motivation for Extended Video Game Play among Preadolescents in a Physical Learning Environment." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2015. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/352314.
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The relationship between video games and learning is a topic of interest for academic fields. But how can a voluntary activity, like playing video games, motivate students to be academically productive? This dissertation used the popular video game, Minecraft, to measure the intrinsic motivation of 7th and 8th grade students in mathematics class, using a Self-Determination Theory (SDT) framework. The results demonstrated that intrinsic motivation remained at high levels, as long as students are competent in game controls and were relatively free to do what they wanted within the general guidelines in the video game environment. Second, the role of social presence contributed to immersion in the video game environment and played a role in the continued motivation to play. Third, although there was no impact on rote measures of learning, such as memorizing vocabulary definitions, the Minecraft video game environment affected students’ ability to problem solve, as was evidenced by pre- and post-tests of rote and conceptual learning.
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Hall, Stefan. "“You’ve Seen the Movie, Now Play the Game”: Recoding the Cinematic in Digital Media and Virtual Culture." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1300365433.
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Ahlstrom, A. Michelle Elton. "Marital Satisfaction among Married Couples in which One or Both Members Play a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG)." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1761.
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The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the gaming behaviors of married individuals and couples who play Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game(s) (MMORPGs) including gaming addiction, time spent gaming, satisfaction in gaming participation, gaming interaction (between joint gaming spouses), and socio-demographic variables and the subsequent marital satisfaction levels of both individuals in the couple. Hypotheses were generally supported, excluding the hours spent gaming. 685 couples were separated and analyzed according to whether both individuals in the marriage gamed or just one individual gamed (couple-gaming type). Couples in which only one individual gamed (individual-gamer couples) had significantly lower marital satisfaction than all other groups and couples in which both gamed about the same amount of time (equal-gamers) held the highest marital satisfaction of the groups. Prediction models of marital satisfaction were determined for each couple-gaming type. The strongest predictions present in most of the models for marital satisfaction were the frequency that the couple retired to bed at the same time and the frequency that the couple quarreled specifically about gaming. Much MMORPG research has been presented on youth and adults, however to date there is no research on married gamers. Recent research on the video game habits of emerging adults called for further in depth investigation of the implications of video game use in the family formation stage of life.
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Salas, Gil Andrés Wenceslao. "Factores económicos que se relacionan al posicionamiento de los videojuegos free to play competitivos en hombres en Lima Metropolitana." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/652110.
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En la actualidad, la industria de los videojuegos ha presentado un gran crecimiento con respecto a otras industrias, lo que ha generado un mayor número de competidores en el sector. Asimismo, los modelos de compra de videojuegos han variado con el tiempo, convirtiéndose el free to play en la modalidad más atractiva entre los videojugadores. Por tal motivo, los videojuegos free to play competitivos han optado por invertir en distintos ámbitos, con la finalidad de mejorar su posicionamiento y atraer nuevos usuarios.
No obstante, con respecto las inversiones, se ha determinado tres factores que se relacionan al posicionamiento, la inversión publicitaria, la inversión en la escena competitiva y la inversión en influencers. Razón por la cual, se desarrolla cada uno de ellos, mediante su aproximación con el marketing de videojuegos.
La metodología comprende un análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo, mediante un análisis cruzado de las variables, entrevistas a profundidad y grupos focales. De esta manera, se discute lo recogido, encontrando hallazgos de vital importancia que validan las hipótesis presentadas. Lo que coloca a la inversión en la escena competitiva, como la inversión de mayor importancia para el posicionamiento de los esports free to play.At present, the videogames industry has shown great growth compared to other industries, which has generated a greater number of competitors in the sector. Likewise, videogame purchase models have varied over time, making free to play the most attractive modality among videogames. For this reason, competitive free to play video games have chosen to invest in different fields, in order to improve their positioning and attract new users. However, with respect to investments, three factors have been determined that relate to positioning, advertising investment, investment in the competitive scene and investment in influencers. Reason why, each of them is developed, through its approach to videogame marketing. The methodology includes a quantitative and qualitative analysis, through a cross-analysis of the variables, in-depth interviews and focus groups. In this way, the collected is discussed, finding findings of vital importance that validate the hypotheses presented. What places the investment in the competitive scene, as the most important investment for the positioning of esports free to play.
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Smith, Joshua L. "Response Inhibition to High Calorie Food Cues Among Adolescents Following Active and Sedentary Video Game Play Using a Go/No-Go Task: A Randomized Crossover Study." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7231.
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Sedentary behaviors, such as leisure time computer use and sedentary video games, are significant barriers to regular physical activity and contribute to high rates of overweight and obesity among adolescents. Sedentary screen time can adversely affect food intake and food selection. Active video games may be a promising way of increasing daily physical activity levels among adolescents. Active video games may help modulate response inhibition and food intake. PURPOSE: Compare the effects of an acute bout of active and sedentary video gaming on N2 amplitudes (while viewing high calorie and low calorie images), Stroop Color Word Test (Stroop test) performance and ad libitum eating. METHODS: We used a within-subjects randomized crossover design with counterbalanced treatment conditions was used among 65 participants (31 girls, 34 boys; age = 13.5 ± 1.1 year; height = 161.4 ± 10.2 cm; weight = 52.5 ± 12.3 kg; BMI = 19.9 ± 3.3 kg·m2). Participants completed 2 separate video gaming sessions, 7 days apart, while energy expenditure during sedentary and active video game play was measured using the K4b2 portable metabolic system. The K4b2 system provided metabolic equivalents (METs) which are used as a measure of energy cost of physical activity. After either 60 minutes of active or sedentary video game play, participants completed a go/no-go task while viewing high calorie and low calorie images while electroencephalogram (EEG) data were collected. N2 event related potential (ERP) amplitudes were measured during the viewing task. Participants also completed a Stroop task to measure response inhibition. Finally, participants were given high calorie and low calorie snacks to consume ad libitum. We used a repeated measures ANOVA was used to measure main and interaction effects for N2 ERP amplitudes within subjects. RESULTS: Active video game play relative to sedentary video games significantly increased METs (F = 543.1, p ‰¤ 0.0001) from 1.7 ± 0.35 to 5.0 ± 1.2 METs. A significant gender-by-condition interaction (F = 7.03, p ‰¤ 0.009) was observed for energy expenditure with boys (5.4 ± 1.1 METs) expending more energy during the active video game than girls (4.5 ± 1.1 METs). No significant differences were observed for the N2 component (F = 0.50, p = 0.48) between video game conditions nor between genders (F = 1.85, p = 0.17). There were no significant differences (F = 3.10, p = 0.08) in the total number of calories consumed between the 2 video gaming conditions. Results from the Stroop task showed no significant differences for word naming (F = 0.45, p = 0.49), congruent condition (F = 0.43, p = 0.52) and incongruent condition (F = 0.14, p = 0.71) between the active and sedentary video games. CONCLUSION: Sixty minutes of active video gaming increases energy expenditure to a moderate intensity level but does not alter behavioral response or response inhibition to high calorie or low calorie foods.
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Norman, Fredrik. "The Late Modern Hero’s Quest for Meaning : A case study on the psychological construction of meaning and play, ritualization, and, quests in video games in late modern Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Religionspsykologi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-172378.
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This essay focuses on two cases studies that include two game designers’ views of meaning-making construction in games and an analysis of their corresponding games. This isplaced in relation to the late modern Sweden context. The study examines how the designersconceive purposeful play by employing a multi-disciplinary approach consistingof Pruyser’s three-world model, Bell’s ritualization framework, and, Howard’s quest theory.Such a study is relevant due to the new ways meaning-making is actively producedwithin games and contributes to the understanding of meaning-making in late modernSweden. The two designers work at DICE and Starbreeze Studios and were interviewedusing a semi-structured methodology. The data is analyzed with a qualitative narrativetechnique applying an inductive theoretical lens to analyze the data thematically. Bothrespondents illustrate patterns of meaning-making in their construction of games wherefunctionality is central and vital to produce purposeful play. The construction of illusionisticgame worlds encloses on feelings of authenticity to the world’s structure. Realistic,autistic, and, object symbolism operate to mold the world structure and are connected tothe designers’ genre. The designer from DICE promotes realistic worlds and the designerfrom Starbreeze Studios autistic representations. Ritualized practice within the worldfocuses on combat differentiation techniques to legitimize violent practice. The designers’realistic world construction makes combat plausible within its border and autistic worldsare empowered by back-stories. Opposition is seen as essential in both cases. The correspondinggame shows similar tendencies except that many of the quest themes are intactalthough the designers themselves consider the games to use less of the mythologicalformulae. Characters, themes, and, allegorical imagery was used to amplify the sense ofdialectic oppositions and logical opposition where the enemy is always darker. However,the hero and heroes are considerably grimmer compared to the stereotypical hero. Meaningis maintained through non-allegorical quests where the player and hero are motivatedby functionality linked to opposition or emotional elements. An anti-heroic concept isemployed to construct a practical and credible hero-character that has ambivalent attributesand convincing behavior. An alteration to dark-light symbolism can also be seen inone of the cases. In relation to other studies, this essay has broaden the spectrum of thepsychology of religion in terms of fields for meaning strategies; confirming ritualizedstrategies in video games; displayed altered ways of using mythological symbols in theSwedish context; presented cultural differences in hero structures that might be based onthe Swedish context.