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Jaume i Capó, Antoni, Javier Varona Gómez, Gabriel Moyà, and Francisco Perales. "Rehabilitación motivacional basada en la utilización de serious games." Virtual Archaeology Review 4, no. 9 (November 5, 2013): 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/var.2013.4270.
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<p>Research studies show that serious games help to motivate users in rehabilitation processes, and rehabilitation results are better when users are motivated. In long term rehabilitation for maintaining capacities, the demotivation of chronic patients is common. In this work, we have implemented balance rehabilitation video game for cerebral palsy patients. The video game was developed using the prototype development paradigm and following desirable features for rehabilitation serious games presented in the literature. We have tested the video game with a set of users who abandoned therapy due to demotivation in the previous year. Results show that the set of users improved their balance and motivation.</p>
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Hokroh, Mohammed, and Gill Green. "Online Video Games Adoption: Toward an Online Game Adoption Model." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478) 8, no. 4 (July 3, 2019): 163–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v8i4.268.
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The purpose of this research paper is to explore the factors that influence Saudi users to adopt and use online video games. We developed a theoretical framework based on the Technology Adoption Model (TAM) to examine 6 hypotheses through a survey of 106 video game users. The results indicate that social norms, perceived enjoyment, and social interaction play a positive and significant role in influencing the perceived usefulness of online video games for end users. Also, price value, game quality, and internet speed were all factors that influence end-user perceived ease of use of online video games. Both perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness were all of the significant influence on the attitude to use online video games. Furthermore, perceived usefulness and attitude to use online video games influenced the behavioral intention to use online video games which in return influenced the actual use.
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Weinstein, Aviv Malkiel. "Computer and Video Game Addiction—A Comparison between Game Users and Non-Game Users." American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 36, no. 5 (June 15, 2010): 268–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00952990.2010.491879.
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Lee, Jin Ha, Rachel Ivy Clarke, and Stephanie Rossi. "A qualitative investigation of users’ discovery, access, and organization of video games as information objects." Journal of Information Science 42, no. 6 (July 11, 2016): 833–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165551515618594.
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Video games are popular consumer products as well as research subjects, yet little exists about how players and other stakeholders find video games and what information they need to select, acquire and play video games. With the aim of better understanding people’s game-related information needs and behaviour, we conducted 56 semi-structured interviews with users who find, play, purchase, collect and recommend video games. Participants included gamers, parents, collectors, industry professionals, librarians, educators and scholars. From this user data, we derive and discuss key design implications for video game information systems: designing for target user populations, enabling recommendations based on appeals, offering multiple automatic organization options and providing relationship-based, user-generated, subject and visual metadata. We anticipate this work will contribute to building future video game information systems with new and improved access to games.
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Zulkarnaen, Rifaldi, Sri Hendarsih, and Eko Suryani. "GAMBARAN POLA KOMUNIKASI ORANG TUA DAN PERILAKU ANAK PENGGUNA VIDEO GAME DI SMP N 3 GAMPING SLEMAN." Caring : Jurnal Keperawatan 7, no. 1 (March 31, 2018): 40–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.29238/caring.v7i1.354.
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By the development of the time, video games technology increasingly popular in the society starting from children to adults. The video games effect can disturb the growth and development of the children. Parents must give more concern and attitude for video games users. This concern and attitude must in the way how parent’s communication pattern. The effective communication can controled video games users. Children with the good communication pattern can give good or bad estimation if the childrens addiction from video games. This is too give the children bad attitude like estimation from parents.Purpose. The purpose of the research is to discribe the parents communication patterns and behavior of children user video games in SMP N 3 Gamping, Sleman.
Methods. The method used is discriptive research. The study conducted in marc 2015. The research locatioan in SMP N 3 Gamping Sleman Yogyakarta. the subjects were child early teens video games users as many 49 users. The research used questionnaire about parents comunication pattern and behavior of child video game users. Last the analysis used distribution frequency.Results. The research shows 44,9% of parents using authoritaive communication pattern, 18,4 % parents used permissive communication pattern and 36,7 % parents used authotarian communication pattern. While the behavior of the children’s video game users are good is 81,6 % and 18,4 % are bad.Conclusion. Majority, parents used authoritative communication patterns to chlid of video games users and users have good behavior.
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Hartmann, Tilo, Younbo Jung, and Peter Vorderer. "What Determines Video Game Use?" Journal of Media Psychology 24, no. 1 (January 2012): 19–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000059.
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The present study explores the role of intentions, habits, and addictive tendencies in people’s video game use. Although both habits and addictive tendencies may determine higher amounts of video game use, the present study examines whether the impact of habits and addictive tendencies on video game use may also be lower the less users intend to play (indicating a moderating role of intention). To test these assumptions, survey data were collected in two waves (N = 351), measuring causal factors in the first wave and outcomes (subsequent video game use) in the second. Results of mediation analyses reveal a positive impact of both habits and addictive tendencies on video game use that is partly affected by users’ intentions. Furthermore, moderation analyses suggest that the impact of habits, but not of addictive tendencies, on video game use decreases, the less users intend to play. Taken together, these findings suggest that users’ video game habits, addictive tendencies, and intentions jointly determine video game use.
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Carpita, Barbara, Dario Muti, Benedetta Nardi, Francesca Benedetti, Andrea Cappelli, Ivan Mirko Cremone, Claudia Carmassi, and Liliana Dell’Osso. "Biochemical Correlates of Video Game Use: From Physiology to Pathology. A Narrative Review." Life 11, no. 8 (July 30, 2021): 775. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11080775.
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In the last few decades, video game playing progressively became a widespread activity for many people, in childhood as well in adulthood. An increasing amount of literature has focused on pathological and non-pathological correlates of video game playing, with specific attention towards Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). While many neurobiological studies in this field were based on neuroimaging, highlighting structural and functional brain changes among video game users, only a limited number of studies investigated the presence of biochemical correlates of video gaming. The present work aims to summarize and review the available literature about biochemical changes linked to video game use in IGD patients as well as non-pathological users, and the differences in between. Results may shed light on risks and benefits of video games, providing directions for further research on IGD treatment and, on other hand, on the potential role of video games in therapeutic or preventive protocols for specific conditions.
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Hofman-Kohlmeyer, Magdalena. "Brand-Related User-Generated Content in Simulation Video Games: Qualitative Research Among Polish Players." Central European Management Journal 29, no. 1 (March 15, 2021): 61–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.7206/cemj.2658-0845.41.
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Purpose: The article sought to answer research questions regarding investigated branded content generated by players in simulation video games. How does the process work in video games? What are the characteristics of branded user-generated content in video games? To what extent players are willing to participate in branded content creation? Methodology: I conducted 20 in-depth interviews among Polish players, with the application of snowball sampling. The study participants were adult users of chosen simulation video games: The Sims, Second Life, and Euro Truck Simulator 2. Findings: We can distinguish content based on game mechanism, official add-ons, or game modding. Players frequently check some brands from a set offered by game developers and create content (e.g. in The Sims users can design house interiors with IKEA furniture). Some players are not satisfied by what a game offers and generate content based on modding (e.g. DHL trucks or McDonald’s restaurants inside the Euro Truck Simulator 2). In this respect, the article refers to Smith’s, Fischer’s, and Yongjian’s content dimensions. Branded game modifications described by respondents are characterized by a high level of similarity towards real brands and positive brand sentiment (valence). I noted no statement about player and marketer (brand) communication in gathered material. The biggest challenge for practitioners in the field of UGC in video games is how to manage brand messages. Practical Implications: Brand-related user-generated content is an important phenomenon in terms of the brand-building process and its impact on brand reception, which all require marketers’ attention. For game developers, such a content is a source of information about customer expectations. Players show their personal expectations by game modding. Originality/Value: Brand-related content generated by users is frequently associated with social media. The scholarship shows a lack of knowledge of branded user-generated content in video games.
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Costello, Robert, and Jodie Donovan. "How Game Designers Can Account for Those With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) When Designing Game Experiences." International Journal of End-User Computing and Development 8, no. 2 (July 2019): 29–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijeucd.20190701.oa1.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disability among gamers where individuals belonging to this group of conditions have difficulty understanding non-verbal cues. Though game accessibility is a focal point in the games industry, there has been a keen focus placed on developing accessibility. Consequently, this study examines the perspective of video games from individuals who have autism to gain further insight into the needs of these individuals. The preliminary study is to discover if autistic users' difficulty reading non-verbal cues extends to their perception of a game environment and if these individuals can experience sensory distress while playing video games. A prototype was created to further understand the non-verbal cues to help shape the foundation of accessibility framework. The preliminary results concluded that autistic users frequently misread or fail to pick up on the non-verbal cues used by developers to drive game flow and narrative (e.g., sign-posting), in addition to experiencing sensory distress while playing video games.
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Capasso-Ballesteros, Italo Felipe, and Fernando De la Rosa-Rosero. "Semi-automatic construction of video game design prototypes with MaruGen." Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, no. 99 (March 27, 2020): 9–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.17533/udea.redin.20200369.
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Machinations Ruleset Generator (MaruGen) is a semi-automatic system for the generation of mechanics, rules, spaces (environments), and missions for video games. The objective of this system is to offer an expression mechanism for the video game designer role based on the definition of rules, and the ability to explore the concepts of progression and emergence in video games by using a formal, usable, and defined tool to design games with innovative and complex elements, and behaviors defined from combinations of basic elements. Based on the expressed designs and with the participation of programmers and video game artists, MaruGen allows the generation of agile video game prototypes in the Unity game engine. These prototypes can be analyzed by the entire workgroup to look for games with diverse complexities that make them attractive to their users. MaruGen is based on the expression of rules on elements of interest in video games and the rewriting mechanism using L-Systems for the generation of procedural content. MaruGen was evaluated in the construction of the Cubic Explorer video game and tested by gamers and video game developers during the Game Jam Ludum Dare 38.
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Phan, Mikki H., Joseph R. Keebler, and Barbara S. Chaparro. "The Development and Validation of the Game User Experience Satisfaction Scale (GUESS)." Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 58, no. 8 (September 27, 2016): 1217–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018720816669646.
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Objective: The aim of this study was to develop and psychometrically validate a new instrument that comprehensively measures video game satisfaction based on key factors. Background: Playtesting is often conducted in the video game industry to help game developers build better games by providing insight into the players’ attitudes and preferences. However, quality feedback is difficult to obtain from playtesting sessions without a quality gaming assessment tool. There is a need for a psychometrically validated and comprehensive gaming scale that is appropriate for playtesting and game evaluation purposes. Method: The process of developing and validating this new scale followed current best practices of scale development and validation. As a result, a mixed-method design that consisted of item pool generation, expert review, questionnaire pilot study, exploratory factor analysis ( N = 629), and confirmatory factor analysis ( N = 729) was implemented. Results: A new instrument measuring video game satisfaction, called the Game User Experience Satisfaction Scale (GUESS), with nine subscales emerged. The GUESS was demonstrated to have content validity, internal consistency, and convergent and discriminant validity. Conclusion: The GUESS was developed and validated based on the assessments of over 450 unique video game titles across many popular genres. Thus, it can be applied across many types of video games in the industry both as a way to assess what aspects of a game contribute to user satisfaction and as a tool to aid in debriefing users on their gaming experience. Application: The GUESS can be administered to evaluate user satisfaction of different types of video games by a variety of users.
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Trepte, Sabine, and Leonard Reinecke. "Avatar Creation and Video Game Enjoyment." Journal of Media Psychology 22, no. 4 (January 2010): 171–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000022.
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Based on the model of complex entertainment experiences ( Vorderer, Klimmt, & Ritterfeld, 2004 ), the competitiveness of a computer game (media prerequisite) and the individual life satisfaction (user prerequisite) are hypothesized to influence game enjoyment. Avatar-player similarity was hypothesized to determine identification with the avatar, which in turn was suggested to enhance the enjoyment experience. In a quasi-experimental study, (N = 666) participants were asked to choose the personality features of an avatar for six different game scenarios. The results demonstrate that the games’ competitiveness as well as the participants’ life satisfaction influenced avatar choice and identification. In noncompetitive games, similar avatars were created, whereas in competitive games, dissimilar avatars were created. Participants who were well satisfied with their lives created avatars that resemble themselves in terms of personality factors, whereas dissatisfied users created dissimilar avatars. Player-avatar similarity was positively related to identification. This correlation was significantly stronger for noncompetitive games. Identification with the avatar was strongly related to game enjoyment. When controlling for the influence of identification on enjoyment, player-avatar similarity was negatively related to enjoyment, suggesting that identity play can be an independent source of enjoyment in computer games.
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Genovesi, Matteo. "Choices and Consequences: The Role of Players in The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series." Open Cultural Studies 1, no. 1 (December 20, 2017): 350–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/culture-2017-0032.
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Abstract One of the most important features in a transmedia structure, as Max Giovagnoli argues in his book Transmedia: Storytelling e Comunicazione [Transmedia: Storytelling and Communication], is the development of the user’s decision-making power, defined by the author as “choice excitement.” In this, every choice of the user should have a consequence in the fictional universe of a specific franchise. Consequently, a narrative universe that wants to emphasize choice excitement and the active role of people can focus on video games, where the interactive approach is prominent. This essay will discuss a specific video game, based on the famous franchise of The Walking Dead. This brand, which appears in comic books, novels, TV series, Web episodes and video games, is analysable not only as an exemplary case of transmedia storytelling, where every ramification of the franchise published in different media is both autonomous and synergistic with the others, but also by focusing on the choice excitement of users in the first season of the video game The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series.
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Chądzyńska, Dominika, and Dariusz Gotlib. "Maps in video games – range of applications." Polish Cartographical Review 47, no. 3 (September 1, 2015): 137–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pcr-2015-0011.
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Abstract The authors discuss the role of the map in various game genres, specifically video games. Presented examples illustrate widespread map usage in various ways and forms by the authors of games, both classic and video. The article takes a closer look at the classification and development of video games within the last few decades. Presently, video games use advanced geospatial models and data resources. Users are keen on a detailed representation of the real world. Game authors use advanced visualization technologies, which often are innovative and very attractive. Joint efforts of cartographers, geo-information specialists and game producers can bring interesting effects in the future. Although games are mainly made for entertainment, they are more frequently used for other purposes. There is a growing need for data reliability as well as for some effective means of transmission cartographic content. This opens up a new area of both scientific and implementation activity for cartographers. There is no universally accessible data on the role of cartographers in game production, but apparently it is quite limited at the moment. However, a wider application of cartographic methodology would have a positive effect on the development of games and, conversely, methods and technologies applied by game makers can influence the development of cartography.
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Puspitasari, Ira, Elzha Odie Syahputra, Indra Kharisma Raharjana, and Ferry Jie. "The Continuance Intention of User’s Engagement in Multiplayer Video Games based on Uses and Gratifications Theory." Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Business Intelligence 4, no. 2 (October 28, 2018): 131. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jisebi.4.2.131-138.
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One of the key success factors in video game industry, including multiplayer video game (MVG), is the user’s continuance intention. The MVG industry runs in a highly competitive market. Users can shift to another game as soon as they discover a slightly inconvenient issue. Thus, maintaining the user’s enthusiasm in playing MVG for a long time is challenging for most games. The solution to prolong the users’ engagement can be initiated by identifying all factors that facilitate the continuance use of playing MVG. This study applied uses and gratifications theory to examine seven variables (enjoyment, fantasy, escapism, social interaction, social presence, achievement, and self-presentation) and the moderating effects of age and gender on the MVG continuance intention. The data analysis and the model development were tested based on Partial Least Square method using the responses of 453 MVG users. The results revealed that enjoyment, fantasy, social interaction, achievement, and self-presentation significantly affected the continuance intention of playing MVG, with enjoyment being the strongest variable. The result also demonstrated the moderating effect of age and gender on the relation between independent variables and continuance intention. The results and findings offered additional insights into the system development to enhance the information system application.
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Wajid, Abdul, Nasir Kamal, Muhammad Sharjeel, Raaez Muhammad Sheikh, Huzaifah Bin Wasim, Muhammad Hashir Ali, Wajahat Hussain, Syed Taha Ali, and Latif Anjum. "A First Look at Private Communications in Video Games using Visual Features." Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies 2021, no. 3 (April 27, 2021): 433–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/popets-2021-0055.
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Abstract Internet privacy is threatened by expanding use of automated mass surveillance and censorship techniques. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of using video games and virtual environments to evade automated detection, namely by manipulating elements in the game environment to compose and share text with other users. This technique exploits the fact that text spotting in the wild is a challenging problem in computer vision. To test our hypothesis, we compile a novel dataset of text generated in popular video games and analyze it using state-of-the-art text spotting tools. Detection rates are negligible in most cases. Retraining these classifiers specifically for game environments leads to dramatic improvements in some cases (ranging from 6% to 65% in most instances) but overall effectiveness is limited: the costs and benefits of retraining vary significantly for different games, this strategy does not generalize, and, interestingly, users can still evade detection using novel configurations and arbitrary-shaped text. Communicating in this way yields very low bitrates (0.3-1.1 bits/s) which is suited for very short messages, and applications such as microblogging and bootstrapping off-game communications (dialing). This technique does not require technical sophistication and runs easily on existing games infrastructure without modification. We also discuss potential strategies to address efficiency, bandwidth, and security constraints of video game environments. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such exploration of video games and virtual environments from a computer vision perspective.
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Neiva, Eduardo, and Carlo Romano. "The Semiotic Immersion of Video Games, Gaming Technology and Interactive Strategies." Public Journal of Semiotics 1, no. 2 (July 1, 2007): 31–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.37693/pjos.2007.1.8819.
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The paper analyzes the effect of immersion in digital games using the theoretical apparatus of game theory. The paper illustrates interactive operations and the cause and effect relationship between player and designer, explaining the importance of strategic decision-making and pathing in player immersion. It considers the game function of creating a virtual world and proposes the idea that digital games are not just computer-mediated communication to the player. These games are games of “the moment”, like the game Chicken, and played with apparently great emotion, intelligence, and physical dexterity, although represented in software form. The relationship between the player and the computer is one of sign exchange, precisely the one that semiotics calls semiosis. The paper concludes that the personal achievement of individual players (end-users) accounts for the phenomenon of deep immersion in digital games. Not virtuality, but virtuosity is the strong force in digital game playing.
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Aljohaney, Ahmed A. "Effect of Video Game Usage on Academic Performance of Medical Students in King Abdulaziz University." Journal of King Abdulaziz University - Medical Sciences 22, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 33–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4197/med.22-1.5.
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Habitual playing of video games is believed to have a harmful effect on the academic performance of students. This study tracks the effect of video game playing on the academic performance of medical students in Saudi Arabia. During May through August 2013, 307 medical students in their final years filled a cross-sectional survey to collect data on the use of video games at King Abdulaziz University. Results showed female students played video games less than male students. Additionally, video game users were more likely than nonusers to have scores between 4.0 and 4.4 on a 5 point grade point average scale. While higher scoring students were less likely to play video games, only 25.6% of the surveyed students could be included in that category, and 71.8% of those students played video games for < 1 hr /day. Students who played video games for > 1 hr/day had a lesser chance (50.4%) of scoring within the highest range of grade point averages. The results indicate that while limited use of video games may improve grade point average scores, video gaming could not be recommended for students who want to score in the highest tier of grade point averages. A large-scale multi-institutional study is required to confirm these observations.
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Karkar, AbdelGhani, Somaya AlMaadeed, Rehab Salem, Mariam AbdelHady, Sara Abou-Aggour, and Hafsa Samea. "KinFit: A Factual Aerobic Sport Game with Stimulation Support." International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) 13, no. 12 (December 20, 2018): 50. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v13i12.8626.
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Overweight and obesity is a situation where a person has stacked too much fat that might affect negatively his/her health. Many people skip doing exercises due to several facts related to the encouragement, health-awareness, and time ar-rangement. Diverse aerobic video games have been proposed to help users in do-ing exercises. However, we observe some limitations in existing games. For in-stance, they don’t give correct scores while wearing Arabic traditional suits, they don’t consider showing immersive realistic scenes, and they don’t stimulate users to do exercises and keeping them encouraged to play more. We propose in this paper an aerobic video game that displays real scenes of aerobic coaches and keeps the user notified about doing exercises. It is a kind of serious games that allows users to learn aerobic movements and practice with aerobic coaches. It contains several exercises in which each can be played on normal screen or in fully immersive virtual reality (VR). While the user is playing, he/she can see the playing score with the estimated amount of burned calories. It stores the time when the user plays to remind him/her about doing exercises again. The profound user studies demonstrated the usability and effectiveness of the proposed game.
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Tie, Anna-Lisa. "Copyright law issues in the context of video game Let's Plays and livestreams." Interactive Entertainment Law Review 3, no. 2 (December 23, 2020): 121–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/ielr.2020.02.04.
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Video game content has grown increasingly popular on internet service providers such as YouTube and Twitch. This genre of uploaded material includes the gameplay of internet users, in the form of pre-recorded ‘Let's Play’ videos, as well as livestreamed playthroughs. However, the application of current copyright law principles to these kinds of content is still a grey area. This legal uncertainty can be attributed to the absence of binding judicial precedent on whether video game Let's Plays and livestreams constitute copyright infringement or fair use. More recent legislative provisions intended to update copyright law for current digital technology provide little assistance, as their implementation by internet platforms has perpetuated a practice of favouring the interests of game developers over users who produce Let's Plays and livestreams. This article discusses the problems of applying existing copyright law to video game playthroughs uploaded online, as well as the drawbacks of the automated tools YouTube and Twitch have developed to manage these types of content in their systems. In order to address these issues, suggestions for copyright law reform will be explored. However, in the absence of imminent legislative amendments, I conclude that compulsory licensing arrangements, and making modifications to YouTube's and Twitch's content scanning tools are the most viable means of achieving a better balance between the interests of game developers, the internet platforms, and Let's Play creators and game streamers.
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Tie, Anna-Lisa. "Copyright law issues in the context of video game Let's Plays and livestreams." Interactive Entertainment Law Review 3, no. 2 (December 23, 2020): 121–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/ielr.2020.02.04.
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Video game content has grown increasingly popular on internet service providers such as YouTube and Twitch. This genre of uploaded material includes the gameplay of internet users, in the form of pre-recorded ‘Let's Play’ videos, as well as livestreamed playthroughs. However, the application of current copyright law principles to these kinds of content is still a grey area. This legal uncertainty can be attributed to the absence of binding judicial precedent on whether video game Let's Plays and livestreams constitute copyright infringement or fair use. More recent legislative provisions intended to update copyright law for current digital technology provide little assistance, as their implementation by internet platforms has perpetuated a practice of favouring the interests of game developers over users who produce Let's Plays and livestreams. This article discusses the problems of applying existing copyright law to video game playthroughs uploaded online, as well as the drawbacks of the automated tools YouTube and Twitch have developed to manage these types of content in their systems. In order to address these issues, suggestions for copyright law reform will be explored. However, in the absence of imminent legislative amendments, I conclude that compulsory licensing arrangements, and making modifications to YouTube's and Twitch's content scanning tools are the most viable means of achieving a better balance between the interests of game developers, the internet platforms, and Let's Play creators and game streamers.
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Lund, Kate, Mark Lochrie, and Paul Coulton. "Designing Scalable Location Based Games that Encourage Emergent Behaviour." International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence 4, no. 4 (October 2012): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jaci.2012100101.
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In general location based games have failed to achieve wide scale adoption that many predicted and the only such game that can truly claim wide scale success is Geocaching. Arguably this is partially due to fact that the majority of these games draw their inspiration directly from video games rather than the way users engage with public spaces. The authors present the design rationale behind the development of a Location Based Game, Big Game Huntr that was created specifically with player engagement with space at its heart. Presented are the lessons learnt from transitioning this game from being event based to one in which global participation could be facilitated.
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Ahmad, Ibrahim, Nazreen Abdullasim, and Norhaida Mohd Suaib. "Usability testing on game interface design using video-based behavior analysis." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 2.15 (April 6, 2018): 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.15.11372.
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The objective of this study is to quantitatively incorporate user observation into usability evaluation of game interface design. In this study, an experiment was conducted to monitor and record users' behavior using built in video-cam. The experiment was done after the user play “A Garuda” game. All the character movement controlled by user were captured and recorded for comparative analysis. There were about 20 people involved as a subject for this experiment. The data from video recordings were coded with Noldus Observer XT in order to find usage patterns and thus to gather quantitative data for analyzing the GUI effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction. The result of user's interaction towards the design of game's GUI able to give additional information for the game designer to develop a better responsive game toward its usability. The effect of user's control and emotion that can be seen from user's face will give the information needed to be considered in game development. Previous studies mostly focusing on evaluating the usability with performance measures by only looking at task results. Thus, at the end of this study, a method is proposed by incorporating user observation into usability evaluation of game design interfaces.
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Dusi, Nicola, Maria Federico, and Marco Furini. "MovieRemix: Having Fun Playing with Videos." International Journal of Computer Games Technology 2011 (2011): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/857371.
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The process of producing new creative videos by editing, combining, and organizing pre-existing material (e.g., video shots) is a popular phenomenon in the current web scenario. Known asremixor video remix, the produced video may have new and different meanings with respect to the source material. Unfortunately, when managing audiovisual objects, the technological aspect can be a burden for many creative users. Motivated by the large success of the gaming market, we propose a novel game and an architecture to make the remix process a pleasant and stimulating gaming experience. MovieRemix allows people to act like a movie director, but instead of dealing with cast and cameras, the player has to create a remixed video starting from a given screenplay and from video shots retrieved from the provided catalog. MovieRemix is not a simple video editing tool nor is a simple game: it is a challenging environment that stimulates creativity. To temp to play the game, players can access different levels of screenplay (original, outline, derived) and can also challenge other players. Computational and storage issues are kept at the server side, whereas the client device just needs to have the capability of playing streaming videos.
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Cabeza-Ramírez, Luis Javier, Guzmán Antonio Muñoz-Fernández, and Luna Santos-Roldán. "Video Game Streaming in Young People and Teenagers: Uptake, User Groups, Dangers, and Opportunities." Healthcare 9, no. 2 (February 10, 2021): 192. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9020192.
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In recent years, live video streaming platforms for video games have been gaining popularity. These types of services, which enable anyone to broadcast and consume live content, are revolutionising the current video game landscape. Users approach the emergence of and participation in these platforms driven by a range of motivations. It is essential to characterise the different forms of participation in services such as Twitch to evaluate the phenomenon and reflect on its advantages and disadvantages. To that end, a survey was carried out of 580 young people and adolescents aged between 14 and 24. The aim of this study is thus to explore the uptake of these platforms, as well as identify user groups, distinguish between different motivations, and address the associated benefits and harms. Applying a methodology based on factor analysis and cluster analysis, user profiles were characterised according to their specific features, gaming/viewing hours, self-perception of their skill level as a player, devices used, and type or genre of video game. Four subgroups of gamers/viewers were thus identified: casual, social, hobby, and problematic. The results showed that older users and female users feature more prominently in the first two groups, as do those spending less time on video games and live streaming platforms. Conversely, in the hobby and problematic groups, we observe just the opposite. The existence of profiles at possible risk of addiction underlines how, at a preventive level, there is a need for more in-depth research on these types of services and greater public awareness of the dangers of uncontrolled use.
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Palacio, Ramón R., Christian O. Acosta, Joaquín Cortez, and Alberto L. Morán. "Usability perception of different video game devices in elderly users." Universal Access in the Information Society 16, no. 1 (October 22, 2015): 103–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10209-015-0435-y.
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Haviv, Avery, Yufeng Huang, and Nan Li. "Intertemporal Demand Spillover Effects on Video Game Platforms." Management Science 66, no. 10 (October 2020): 4788–807. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2019.3414.
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Many platform strategies focus on indirect network effects between sellers through platform expansion. In this paper, we show sellers on the console video game platform generate a positive intertemporal spillover effect and expand the demand for other sellers, holding the set of platform adopters fixed. We propose a novel identification strategy that leverages exogenous variation in the release timing of games exclusively available on a console platform, and examine how this variation affects the sales of games available on both platforms. We find a sizable intertemporal demand spillover effect between games: A 1% increase in total copies sold on a platform leads to a 0.153% increase in the sales of other games in the next month (i.e., an elasticity of 0.153). Additional analysis suggests this demand spillover effect is reminiscent of habit formation on the consumer side, in that past purchases keep end users active on the platform. Our finding provides a potential explanation for recent platform sales events and subscription services that provide free games to consumers every month. This paper was accepted by Eric Anderson, marketing.
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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 (March 26, 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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Sengün, Sercan. "Why do i fall for the elf, when i am no orc myself? The ımplıcatıons of vırtual avatars ın dıgıtal communıcatıon." Comunicação e Sociedade 27 (June 29, 2015): 181–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.27(2015).2096.
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Various recent research on online avatars debated their authenticity in terms of representing the individuals that manage them. Seemingly users would construct an enhanced or idealized presence of themselves online, yet fail to realize that others also do so when seeking information of other users through their avatars. This phenomenon becomes even more curious inside online video game spaces, since video game avatars are already expected to be unrelated with their players but are still seen as sources of information about them. This study approaches the issue as a communication problem and tries to explain the process through Berger’s Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT). Merging URT with various other nonverbal and visual communication approaches, it is debated how video game avatars – seemingly unrelated or arbitrarily related entitites with their users – become information sources about them. Additionally to elaborate further on the process, the relationship between self and avatars is also analyzed. To create this link, semiotic theories of Saussure and Lacan were expanded and a new approach was proposed. Saussure’s signification process and Lacan’s chains of signification were adapted into digital avatars to define an on-going feedback loop between the video game avatars and the self.
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Iannace, Gino, Giuseppe Ciaburro, and Amelia Trematerra. "Video games noise exposure in teenagers and young adults." Noise & Vibration Worldwide 51, no. 1-2 (November 25, 2019): 3–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957456519889956.
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Many teenagers’ free time is almost entirely devoted to video games. Unlike reality, in the virtual environment, adolescents feel themselves as protagonists by interacting with people and objects that are very far from the current living environments. Several authors in the literature have highlighted the risks associated with an intensive use of these technologies and the negative consequences for health. To make the gaming experience as exciting as possible, these applications are equipped with sound environments that stimulate attention and aggression. This study describes the noise exposure measurement activities for video game users. The damage caused by noise depends on both the acoustic power and the exposure time. For this reason, different noise exposure scenarios produced by video games have been simulated. The results show that the daily levels of exposure to noise are close to the limits imposed by the legislation. A game exceeds the lower exposure limit for two different time exposures. In the case of 4 h of exposure, the lower exposure limit is exceeded, although the other 4 h of rest have been passed in an environment with low background noise (46.0 dBA). The results suggest limiting the set sound level appropriately and to reduce users’ exposure times.
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Durusoy, Murat. "In-Game Photography: Creating New Realities through Video Game Photography." Membrana Journal of Photography, Vol. 3, no. 1 (2018): 42–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.47659/m4.042.art.
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Computers and photography has had a long and complicated relationship throughout the years. As image processing and manipulating capabilities advanced on the computer front, photography re-birthed itself with digital cameras and digital imaging techniques. Development of interconnected social sharing networks like Instagram and Twitter feeds the photographers’/users’ thirst to show off their momentaneous “been there/seen that – capture the moment/share the moment” instincts. One other unlikely front emerged as an image processing power of the consumer electronics improved is “video game worlds” in which telematic travellers may shoot photographs in constructed fantasy worlds as if travelling in real life. While life-like graphics manufactured by the computers raise questions about authenticity and truthfulness of the image, the possible future of the photography as socially efficient visual knowledge is in constant flux. This article aims to reflect on today’s trends in in-game photography and tries to foresee how this emerging genre and its constructed realities will transpose the old with the new photographic data in the post-truth condition fostering for re-evaluation of photography truth-value. Keywords: digital image, lens-based, photography, screenshot, video games
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Fiadotau, Mikhail. "Dezaemon, RPG Maker, NScripter: Exploring and classifying game ‘produsage’ in 1990s Japan." Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds 11, no. 3 (October 1, 2019): 215–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jgvw.11.3.215_1.
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The article examines three tools used for hobbyist game development in 1990s Japan: the Dezaemon series of user-customizable shoot ‘em up games, the RPG Tsukūru (RPG Maker) series of tools for creating Japanese-style role-playing games and the NScripter scripting engine for visual novels. In doing so, it aims to highlight the diversity, but also to bring out the commonalities, of game ‘produsage’: producing video games by using dedicated software. The focus on a non-western historical context is an attempt to challenge assumptions about the locales and platforms of game produsage prevalent in English-language scholarship. The article concludes with a two-axis typology of game produsage, based on the degree of expressive freedom their functionality enables and the limitations they impose on users’ distributing their games.
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Ahn, Dohyun, and Dong-Hee Shin. "Observers versus agents." Information Technology & People 29, no. 3 (August 1, 2016): 474–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/itp-07-2014-0152.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore whether distinctive modes (observation vs control) of presenting diverse content differentially influence users. To achieve this goal, The authors first conceptualize empathy as social cognition and discuss the possible psychological mechanisms for divergent associations between observation-based media (i.e. video media) and control-based media (i.e. game media). Design/methodology/approach – In total, 300 adults (150 females) participated in this study through an online survey. Findings – Time spent with video media (television and film) was positively associated with empathy, which in turn was associated with enhanced social connectedness. However, time spent on game media (video games, computer games, and smartphone games) was negatively associated with empathy, which in turn was associated with inferior social connectedness. Originality/value – While previous studies on the effects of media have focussed mainly on content, the present study focusses on the effects of mode. The mode-focussed approach presents evidence contradictory to the content-focussed approach.
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Maravić, Manojlo. "Media convergence of video games and films: Narrative, aesthetics and industrial synergy." Kultura, no. 168 (2020): 246–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/kultura2068246m.
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The starting point for defining the relation between film and video games is the well-known thesis that each new medium assumes some formal and contentual characteristics of its predecessors, although the previous medium reconfigures its own and absorbs the properties of the new medium as well. The aim is to present a broader theoretical framework, which would serve as a basis for further exploration of this relation. A multidisciplinary approach will be used based on the concepts of media studies, game studies, film studies and cultural studies. Video games are often based on cinema's thematic, narrative and genre models, while the recursive narrative logic of games is present in films. The use of film language is noticeable in video games, while in movies, it is modified by the aesthetic properties of games. Hollywood industry and the video games industry are synergistic and offer users many ways of consuming products in different media.
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Shima, Keisuke, Masaru Okamoto, Nan Bu, and Toshio Tsuji. "Novel Human Interface for Game Control Using Voluntarily Generated Biological Signals." Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 18, no. 5 (October 20, 2006): 626–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2006.p0626.
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We propose a human interface for video game operation using voluntarily generated biological signals as input. The users choose specific input signals and configure signal measurement based on preferences, physical condition (disabled or not), and degree of disability. Based on input signals, the intended user operations are estimated with a probabilistic neural network (PNN), and then control commands are determined. Our proposed interface enables individuals even with severe physical disabilities to maneuver video games. Experiments confirmed the feasibility of our designed interface by subjects suffering from cervical spine injury.
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Mills, Devin J., Wen Li, and Loredana Marchica. "Negative Affect, Life Satisfaction, and Internet Gaming Disorder: Exploring the Mediating Effect of Coping and the Moderating Effect of Passion." World Journal of Social Science Research 6, no. 1 (January 22, 2019): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/wjssr.v6n1p45.
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<em>No research has examined whether the effect of high negative affect and poor life satisfaction on Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is explained by gaming to cope or is dependent upon users’ passion for video gaming. An online sample of adults (N = 969 adults; 60.5% male) reported their passion for video games, positive and negative affect, life satisfaction, and IGD severity. A latent profile analysis on the passion subscales yielded four subgroups: (1) minimally passionate; (2) moderately passionate; (3) harmoniously passionate (HP); and (4) Obsessively Passionate (OP) video game users. Although negative affect was directly and indirectly associated with greater IGD through gaming to cope in the overall sample, a follow-up moderated-mediation model revealed that gaming to cope did not mediate the association between negative affect and IGD for OP users, but did for HP users. The implications for future research on the mechanisms of IGD are discussed.</em>
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ÖZSOY, Özgür, and Bülent Onur TURAN. "SUCCESS AND FAILURE ANALYSIS OF FILMS ADAPTED FROM VIDEO GAMES." TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DESIGN ART AND COMMUNICATION 11, no. 2 (April 1, 2021): 635–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.7456/11102100/020.
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One of the intersections of the video games and cinema industry is the subject of adaptation. There are many productions adapted from movies to video games or from video games to movies. In this study, it is aimed to define the response of the films adapted from video games on the audience side. The audience and the actor are part of these adapted productions, their location plays a role in shaping the future of these productions, in this context the results obtained in this study are valuable in terms of expressing the potential of these productions. In this study, two different methods were used to achieve objective results; Online survey with 11 professionals in the cinema industry and cinema education, an analysis of the data collected from the criticism sites on www.imdb.com and www.metascore.com, and the comments of registered users. With the analysis of these comments obtained from the audience, the focus of the audience has been determined, and with the answers given by the people who have received cinema education or professionals who are professional in the cinema sector, information has been provided on both the foresight and the situation in it. These methods are analyzed within themselves and in the conclusion part, the results of the two methods are combined. As a result, it is that the audience evaluates these films without separating them from the game and they wish that this cooperation will continue to develop and continue. It has been determined that failed film samples are not decisive for video games. Although the audience thinks that this genre will develop, more successful results will be achieved, it has been understood that the feeling of being active in the game is more dominant to the feeling of being passive in the movie. It was seen that the relationship of the audience with the films was video game centered, and the emotions he felt in the game and the details of the game were also looked for in the inner structure of the film.
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Aguilar, Lourdes. "Learning Prosody in a Video Game-Based Learning Approach." Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 3, no. 3 (July 8, 2019): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mti3030051.
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With the growth in popularity of video games in our society many teachers have worked to incorporate gaming into their classroom. It is generally agreed that by adding something fun to the learning process students become more engaged and, consequently, retain more knowledge. However, although the characteristics of video games facilitate the dynamics of the educational process it is necessary to plan a pedagogical project that includes delimitation of learning goals and profile of the addressees, the conditions of application of the educational project, and the methodologies of evaluation of the learning progress. This is how we can make a real difference between gamification and video game based learning. The paper addresses the design of an educational resource for special education needs (SEN) students that aims to help teach communicative skills related to prosody. The technological choices made to support the pedagogic issues that underlie the educational product, the strategies to convert learning content into playful material, and the methodology to obtain measures of its playability and effectiveness are described. The results of the motivation test certified that the video game is useful in encouraging the users to exercise their voice and the indicators of the degree of achievement of the learning goals serve to identify the most affected prosodic skills.
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Aslan, Alper, Murat Coban, Turkan Karakus Yilmaz, and Yuksel Goktas. "The Native Symbols Engaging Turkish Players to Digital Games in a Playability Perspective." Simulation & Gaming 48, no. 4 (April 27, 2017): 480–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1046878117704684.
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Background. The satisfaction of a player’s gaming experience has a great impact on their game preferences. The goal of this study was to investigate the opinions and experiences of Turkish players of computer games in order to examine the effects of native symbols on their game preferences. Method. The data collection tools were games developed in Turkey, websites for these games, user comments made on the video records of the games, online forums, and an open-ended questionnaire. Results. The results indicate that although native symbols from the players’ home society play a role in shaping the users’ playability perception, it cannot be argued that they change the game preferences. These results may be applied to computer games’ designs, development strategies, and advertising methods to attract all players.
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Del Bosco, Barbara, Roberto Chierici, and Alice Mazzucchelli. "User entrepreneurship in the video game industry: the role of communities." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 27, no. 4 (July 17, 2020): 681–701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-07-2019-0252.
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PurposeThis paper investigates the user entrepreneurship process in the video game industry, and how this process is influenced by the interactions between user entrepreneurs and communities.Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents an exploratory multiple case study on 17 firms founded in the video game industry by Italian users.FindingsThe findings show that in most of the cases analysed, innovation by users precedes identification of the entrepreneurial opportunity. This research identifies three categories of communities that provide different forms of support to user entrepreneurs: communities of (1) gamers/users, (2) developers/innovators and (3) entrepreneurs. Given the different role played, the three categories of communities have a different relevance during the various phases of the innovation and entrepreneurial path: communities of gamers/users and of developers/innovators affect innovation development and opportunity identification, while communities of entrepreneurs help users to evolve from opportunity recognition to the start-up of a firm.Originality/valueThis study investigates the video game industry, a context in which user entrepreneurship is under-researched and that is characterized by the intangible nature of the products (while previous studies have mainly focused on physical goods). It contributes to extant literature by revealing that, at the beginning of the end-user entrepreneurial process, there may be not only unmet needs but also “excitement-driven” innovations. Moreover, by analysing the whole entrepreneurial path, the study shows how three categories of communities (gamers/users, developers/innovators and entrepreneurs) provide different forms of support to user entrepreneurs in the different phases of the entrepreneurial process.
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José Planells, Antonio. "Video games and the crowdfunding ideology: From the gamer-buyer to the prosumer-investor." Journal of Consumer Culture 17, no. 3 (October 18, 2015): 620–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1469540515611200.
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Digital convergence and Web 2.0 have led to the emergence of new forms of involvement and participation of consumers in the game industry. Prosumers are now participating in productive and decision-making structures at the highest level using collective financing model or crowdfunding. In this system, the traditional business relations based on hierarchy have undergone a major change repositioning the creative focus on the player. The top-down culture of game business becomes bottom-up participatory culture intervening mainly in game genres, topics, and mechanics. This research frames crowdfunding in the participatory culture and the conversion from consumer to prosumer-investor to later analyze the 10 most funded games on Kickstarter. A qualitative analysis focused on the ideology of crowdfunding discourses concludes that positive arguments for video games collective financing model develop an emancipatory-utopian framework, which is critical with publishers, libertarian with users, and melancholic-postmodern with the content developed in the past.
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Luo, Yinyi, and Mark Richard Johnson. "How do players understand video game hardware: Tactility or tech-speak?" New Media & Society 22, no. 8 (October 17, 2019): 1462–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444819880155.
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This article explores how video game players talk about the technological hardware they use to play games. The games industry is known for deploying often confusing and unclear ‘tech-speak’ terminology to convey the supposed value of new gaming hardware, drawing on tropes of numerical objectivity, ‘upgrade culture’ and the implicit obsolescence of previous technological iterations. However, we show a divide between supposedly objective tech-speak penned by the industry and the subjective experiences of users. Gamers rarely understand their gaming hardware through these marketing and advertising discourses despite their high visibility, instead framing the technology they engage with in intimately tactile, and more broadly contextual, terms. This highlights a significant disjuncture between the industrial and their perception of their audience, with implications for our understanding of ‘tech-speak’, its limitations, the video games sector and the consumers who purchase its products.
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O'Connor, Thomas J., Rory A. Cooper, Shirley G. Fitzgerald, Michael J. Dvorznak, Michael L. Boninger, David P. VanSickle, and Lisa Glass. "Evaluation of a Manual Wheelchair Interface to Computer Games." Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 14, no. 1 (March 2000): 21–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154596830001400103.
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The sedentary lifestyle of many people with spinal cord injury (SCI) has lead to cardiovascular diseases being a major health concern. A suitable exercise program may help improve the SCI individual's cardiovascular fitness level. GAMEWheels is an in terface between a custom wheelchair roller system and a computer that enables an individual to control computer video games by driving his or her wheelchair. The purpose of Phase 1 was to evaluate the design of the GAMEwhccls system and to determine the type of computer video game that is likely to motivate wheelchair users to exercise. Phase 2 included physiologic testing of wheelchair users and the GAMEWheels system to investigate whether the system elicits an exercise training re sponse. Thirty-five subjects were recruited to evaluate the GAME Wheels by playing three commercial computer games (Phase 1) and to identify the computer game that they would prefer to use when exercising. The feedback from Phase 1 was used with test subjects to verify that the GAMEWheels system elicits an exercise training effect (Phase 2). Phase 2 included 10 subjects using the GAMEWheels system to play Need for Speed II. During game play, physiologic data were collected and the subjects' oxy gen consumption and heart rate were analyzed. Analysis showed that the GAMEWheels system induced nine subjects to reach their training zone, defined as 50% and 60% of their maximum oxygen consumption and heart rate, respectively. This study demon strates that the GAMEWheels system elicits an exercise training response. Keywords: Wheelchair—Exercise—Computer games—Fitness—Design.
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Bawa, Papia. "Game On!" International Journal of Game-Based Learning 10, no. 3 (July 2020): 16–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijgbl.2020070102.
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Today, there is growing interest in digital game-based learning (DGBL) due to the increase in the variety of educational and commercial games available. Literature indicates that video games in general have entertaining, motivational, and educational benefits. Despite this, there is a lack of research comparing game types to assess their value for learning. Typically, DGBL approach may include a variety of game types, like those designed for educational purposes such as digital education games (DEGs), as well as those created for entertainment and commercial reasons, such as massively multiplayer online games (MMOs). Digital games do possess a significantly high capacity to keep users engaged, which is a potential that can be used to motivate learners to interact more deeply with their learning environments, and consequently enhance their performances. This study supports the hypothesis that both DEGs and MMOs can be instrumental in improving engagement and learning versus traditional teaching methods. The article shares the results of the mixed methods study that examined the use of one DEG and four MMOs in undergraduate courses within a community college. The results suggest that learner performance and engagement are enhanced when using DGBL for both types of games, versus the traditional teaching methods. Additionally, practitioner and future research implications are also discussed.
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Ng, Yiing Y’ng, Chee Weng Khong, and Robert Jeyakumar Nathan. "Evaluating Affective User-Centered Design of Video Games Using Qualitative Methods." International Journal of Computer Games Technology 2018 (June 4, 2018): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3757083.
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In recent years, researchers and practitioners in the human-computer interaction (HCI) community have placed a lot of focus in developing methods and processes for use in the gaming field. Affective user-centered design (AUCD) plays an important role in the game industry because it promotes emotional and mental communication, hence improving the interaction modes between users and video games. This paper looks at the development of a suitable AUCD guideline to determine if the expressed emotion, semantics, and mental concept of a tangible and intangible video gaming interface are well received by its intended users. Approaching AUCD in video games requires investigating multiple data to obtain a reliable data especially when assessing and interpreting affect and emotion. They present a challenge due to many ambiguities related to affect definition and measuring affective emotion can be very tedious due to its complexity and unpredictability. In this paper, we describe the methods and techniques used to assess affective user-centered design in video games. We also discuss our approaches within the context of existing affective gaming and user-centered design theory and data gathering procedures, including the factors affecting internal and external validity and the data analysis techniques.
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Zhang, Jiahao. "Analysis on the Share Price and Forecasting Calculation Data of Activision Blizzard, Inc. Based on SWOT-Model." E3S Web of Conferences 214 (2020): 02015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202021402015.
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In recent years, increasingly advanced technology infrastructure leads to an extraordinary growth of Internet users. By virtue of the explosive growth of the entire Internet industry, the online game industry has shown a rapid development trend, and the overall user scale of online games continues to expand. Meanwhile, the online game industry becomes a good investment market for investors to operate in. This article uses Blizzard as an example to analyze its investment value. Besides, the future trend of the video game industry is analyzed by using the SWOT-model and forecasting calculation data. The result shows that based on the current development of the game industry environment and the same companies in the game industry, Activision Blizzard will have a steady increase in profits in the future. Therefore, it is worth being invested.
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Fernández-Núñez, Luís, Darío Penas, Jorge Viteri, Carlos Gómez-Rodríguez, and Jesús Vilares. "Developing Open-Source Roguelike Games for Visually-Impaired Players by Using Low-Complexity NLP Techniques." Proceedings 54, no. 1 (August 19, 2020): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020054010.
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The prominent graphic component of video games greatly limits the accessibility of this type of entertainment by visually impaired users. We make here an overview of the first games developed within an initiative for the development of roguelike games adapted to visually impaired players by using Natural Language Processing techniques. Our approach consists of integrating a multilingual module that automatically generates text descriptions of what is happening within the game. The user can then read such descriptions by means of a screen reader.
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HENG, Shupeng, Huanfang ZHAO, Cuiying FAN, and Zongkui ZHOU. "The impacts of virtual avatar in video game on users’ self-concept." Advances in Psychological Science 28, no. 5 (2020): 810. http://dx.doi.org/10.3724/sp.j.1042.2020.00810.
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Strubberg, Brandon C., Timothy J. Elliott, Erin P. Pumroy, and Angela E. Shaffer. "Measuring Fun." Loading 13, no. 21 (September 14, 2020): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1071448ar.
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The gaming industry and the concept of gamification have altered the way many developers and users approach interactive products. As social gaming demographics expand to what was previously considered “casual” audiences, more users expect an enjoyable experience from their digital applications and games. Developers now request more detailed subjective descriptions of satisfaction and the player experience from user-experience (UX) practitioners. Focusing on how fun a product is for users/players requires subjective, situationally dependent metrics rather than traditional UX efficiency metrics. The UX discipline is still constructing a comprehensive ecology of the player experience and how to measure it. This article contributes to that ecology by detailing a case in which our team conducted a usability test on a new video game peripheral. Our client’s primary concern dealt with how fun experienced gamers found the device. As our test progressed, we encountered a number of fun-related participant behaviors that led us to develop new metrics beyond our initial planned metrics. These new metrics helped us and our client better define and discuss enjoyability. Our case, in conjunction with a detailed definition and review of player experience and UX scholarship, shows the importance of adopting metrics contextually specific to the video-game product and player group when measuring fun is the primary goal.
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Passalacqua, Mario, Raphaël Morin, Sylvain Sénécal, Lennart E. Nacke, and Pierre-Majorique Léger. "Demystifying the First-Time Experience of Mobile Games: The Presence of a Tutorial Has a Positive Impact on Non-Expert Players’ Flow and Continuous-Use Intentions." Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 4, no. 3 (July 11, 2020): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mti4030041.
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The purpose of video game tutorials is to help players easily understand new game mechanics and thereby facilitate chances of early engagement with the main contents of one’s game. The mobile game market (i.e., phones and tablets) faces important retention issues caused by a high number of players who abandon games permanently within 24 h of downloading them. A laboratory experiment with 40 players tested how tutorial presence and player expertise impact on users’ psychophysiological states and continuous-use intentions (CUIs). The results suggest that in a simple game context, tutorials have a positive impact on non-expert players’ perceived state of flow and have no effect on expert players’ perceived flow. The results also suggest that flow has a positive impact on CUIs for both experts and non-experts. The theoretical contributions and managerial implications of these results are discussed.