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Ćwil, Małgorzata, and William T. Howe. "Cross-Cultural Analysis of Gamer Identity: A Comparison of the United States and Poland." Simulation & Gaming 51, no. 6 (2020): 785–801. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1046878120945735.
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Who is a gamer? What kind of people are perceived to be gamers? And finally – who perceives themselves as a gamer? In this article the authors attempt to answer these three questions from a multinational perspective. Background. Games are nowadays one of the most frequently encountered forms of entertainment and constitute an ever-increasing part of many people’s day-to-day lives. With the rising popularity of video games, there is a need to conduct a research concerning gamer identity and to find out who perceives themselves as a gamer. The aim of this study is to compare the results of the survey conducted in two different countries to better understand the characteristics of players that self-identified as gamers. Methods. The quantitative study was conducted in two countries – Poland and the United States – in order to research gamer identity. The questionnaire consisted of questions about the self-identification as a gamer, time spent playing video games, types of games played, and the platforms used. It was conducted among 223 students who play video games. Results. The results show that there are both similarities and differences in the meaning of gamer identity between Poland and the United States. People who consider themselves gamers generally spend more time playing games than non-gamers regardless of the country. However, some differences can be spotted between Poland and the U.S. concerning among others types of games played, used platforms or different styles of playing video games. Limitations and further research. The main problem in the study was the limited age range in the sample. In the future it seems valuable to include people of different age groups to broaden the study of self-identified gamer identity.
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Costa, Liliana Vale, and Ana Isabel Veloso. "Factors Influencing the Adoption of Video Games in Late Adulthood." International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction 12, no. 1 (2016): 35–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijthi.2016010103.
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In the video game industry, older adults tend to be avid consumers. Although considerable research has been devoted to the positive cognitive effects of video games, less attention has been paid to the older adult gamer profile. The aim of this paper is to describe a survey conducted from November 2012 until May 2013, which includes 245 gamers aged 50 and over, about their game preferences. Specifically, the authors examined: (a) what types of video games are played and (b) what leads these players to be engaged by video games. The results indicate that adventure games with problem-solving are preferred, suggesting the skills that participants would like to practise. The study provides insight into a new video gamer profile.
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Ripamonti, Laura Anna, Marco Trubian, Dario Maggiorini, and Simone Previti. "Video Games and Operations Research." Computers in Entertainment 16, no. 1 (2017): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2767136.
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Denikin, Anton A. "In Support of Video Games." Observatory of Culture, no. 3 (June 28, 2014): 53–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2014-0-3-53-59.
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Critically examines some of the research approaches to video games both in Russia and abroad. The article summarizes conclusions of the leading Western specialists in video games studies and proposes an alternative understanding of video games as particular emergent interactive socialcommunicative means of contemporary digital culture that input to general education, goalsetting, and other gamers’ skills.
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Eden, Allison, Erin Maloney, and Nicholas David Bowman. "Gender Attribution in Online Video Games." Journal of Media Psychology 22, no. 3 (2010): 114–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000016.
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Demographic research and anecdotal evidence suggest that, historically, games have been dominated by male players. However, newer research shows gains by female players, especially in online games. Therefore, how gamers perceive the masculinity of other gamers in game has become relevant. Two experiments examine how two variables – game genre and player skill – inform gender perception in online games. Results from both studies show that game genre is a salient cue for gender perception, but that perception of player skill is not. A number of gender differences in perceptions of player skill and the relationship between genre and perceptions of player masculinity are also identified. These findings are an important first step in understanding the perception of others in online entertainment environments.
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Pintér, Róbert. "A gamer bennük van – Az eNET Internetkutató, az Esportmilla és az Esport1 közös magyar videojátékos és e-sport kutatásának főbb eredményei." Információs Társadalom 18, no. 1 (2018): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.22503/inftars.xviii.2018.1.7.
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A tanulmány az eNET, Esportmilla és Esport1 videojáték és e-sport kutatásának főbb kutatási eredményeit mutatja be. A két kutatás számos témát felölelt, ezek közül a tanulmány először a videojáték kutatás eredményeit ismertetve kitér arra, hogy mennyien játszanak videojátékkal idehaza és ehhez mik a főbb motivációik. Foglalkozik annak vizsgálatával, hogy a nem játszók körében mennyire elterjedtek a videojátékosokkal kapcsolatos negatív sztereotípiák, illetve milyen a szülők viszonya a témához. Ezt követően bemutatja, hogy min és mit játszanak a játékosok, illetve mekkora az e-sport játékkal játszók hazai bázisa. A tanulmány ismerteti az e-sport kutatás eredményeit is, így, hogy mik a főbb játékplatformok, hány órát tesz ki a játékkal töltött idő és az általában vett „screen time”, mi mondható az egyéni fejlődésről és streamek követéséről, valamint, hogy hagyományos értelemben sportolnak-e egyáltalán a gamerek? A tanulmány kísérletet tesz a videojátékokhoz köthető piac magyarországi méretének becslésére is. Végül a befejezésben azt vizsgálja, hogy vajon széleskörű társadalmi elfogadottság előtt áll-e idehaza a videojáték és az e-sport?
 
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 The Gamer Inside Them: the Main Results of Hungarian Esport and Videogames Research by eNET, Esportmilla and Esport1
 
 The study presents the main research results of eNET, Esportmilla and Esport1 video games and esports research. The two research projects covered a few themes, this article first shows the results of the video games research, which demonstrates how much gamers play video games in Hungary and what their main motivations are. It deals with examining how widespread the negative stereotypes are associated with video game players among non-gamers and how parents relate to the topic. It then shows what and how gamers play and how many esports gamers there are. The study also describes the results of esports research, including the main gaming platforms, how much the playing time is and how much the usual "screen time" is, what can be said about individual development and watching of streaming, and whether or not gamers pursue traditional sports. The study also attempts to estimate the size of the video games market in Hungary. Finally, it examines whether video games and esports are about to be widely accepted in Hungary?
 
 Keywords: videogames, esport, research, Hungary
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Ivory, James D. "Video Games as a Multifaceted Medium: A Review of Quantitative Social Science Research on Video Games and a Typology of Video Game Research Approaches." Review of Communication Research 1 (2013): 31–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.12840/issn.2255-4165_2013_01.01_002.
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Although there is a vast and useful body of quantitative social science research dealing with the social role and impact of video games, it is difficult to compare studies dealing with various dimensions of video games because they are informed by different perspectives and assumptions, employ different methodologies, and address different problems. Studies focusing on different social dimensions of video games can produce varied findings about games’ social function that are often difficult to reconcile— or even contradictory. Research is also often categorized by topic area, rendering a comprehensive view of video games’ social role across topic areas difficult. This interpretive review presents a novel typology of four identified approaches that categorize much of the quantitative social science video game research conducted to date: “video games as stimulus,” “video games as avocation,” “video games as skill,” and “video games as social environment.” This typology is useful because it provides an organizational structure within which the large and growing number of studies on video games can be categorized, guiding comparisons between studies on different research topics and aiding a more comprehensive understanding of video games’ social role. Categorizing the different approaches to video game research provides a useful heuristic for those critiquing and expanding that research, as well as an understandable entry point for scholars new to video game research. Further, and perhaps more importantly, the typology indicates when topics should be explored using different approaches than usual to shed new light on the topic areas. Lastly, the typology exposes the conceptual disconnects between the different approaches to video game research, allowing researchers to consider new ways to bridge gaps between the different approaches’ strengths and limitations with novel methods.
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Price, John A. "Social Science Research on Video Games." Journal of Popular Culture 18, no. 4 (1985): 111–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1985.00111.x.
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Lee, Chiawen, Kirk Damon Aiken, and Huang Chia Hung. "Effects of College Students' Video Gaming Behavior on Self-Concept Clarity and Flow." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 40, no. 4 (2012): 673–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2012.40.4.673.
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We explored time spent playing and other video gamer behavior in relation to the psychological constructs of self-concept clarity and flow. Survey data were collected from a paper-and-pencil survey of a student sample from a university in northwestern United States. We found that compared with gamers with high self-concept clarity, gamers with low self-concept clarity spent more time playing video games. Furthermore, flow was positively associated with time spent playing. Gamers who spent more time playing reported more flow experiences. This research contributes to understanding of the relationship between gamer psychologies and gaming behavior amongst college students.
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McLean, Lavinia, and Mark D. Griffiths. "Gamers’ Attitudes towards Victims of Crime." International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning 3, no. 2 (2013): 13–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcbpl.2013040102.
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Research on video game playing has focused mainly on the effects of such games in relation to aggression and attitudes towards perpetrators and towards crime. The present research was designed to investigate gamers’ attitudes towards victims of crimes and incidents that were designed to mirror those portrayed in violent video games. Vignettes were used during interviews to explore 50 participants’ attitudes towards different types of victims. The results indicate that long-term playing of violent video games appears to be associated with more negative attitudes towards victims of crime. This is the first study to directly explore attitudes towards victims of crime, in relation to violent video game exposure. Compared to nonviolent video game players, the violent video game players in the study reported less positive attitudes towards the victims in the study and attributed more blame to the victims. The implications of this finding in the context of previous research on violent video games, and on attitudes are explored. Directions for future research in the area are also highlighted.
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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 (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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Sari, Dinar Ayu Mirunggan, Murtono Murtono, and Irfai Fathurohman. "Pengembangan Media Video Animasi 3D Dalam Permainan Tradisional Petak Benteng Untuk Keterampilan Motorik." Risenologi 6, no. 1 (2021): 8–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.47028/j.risenologi.2021.61.147.
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The purpose of this research is to explain the ddevelopment of 3D animated video media in traditional games of petak benteng for motor skills. The children (students) began to recognize the traditional game of petak benteng. Researchers developed a traditional game of petak benteng by using it as a 3D animated video to introduce the game. So that the game is not inferior to modern games. This researcher is a research and development (RnD). Sources of fata in this study are primary data and secondary data. The data techniques, and interviews. The result of this research is that 3D aniamtion video learning media for students tradisional games, 3D animation video for the introduction of traditional games can be used to improve studentts motor skills, and 3D animation videos can be used as online learning media.
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Wahyuono, Jusuf Ariz, and Ardian Indro Yuwono. "RECEPTION ANALYSIS OF PORNOGRAPHY IN VIDEO GAME PLAYER." INJECT (Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication) 4, no. 2 (2019): 137–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.18326/inject.v4i2.137-152.
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This study aims to understand how teenagers know their meaning of pornographic content in the game Dragon Age and The Witcher and understand how this player reproduces the message received. This research used qualitative research methods with the ethnography method. The research subjects consisted of 2 gamers who have different backgrounds on the condition of owning or frequently playing games with pornographic content. The two subjects selected according to criteria, including those who have been playing video games for a long time, are over 18 years old and have free access to video games. The position of each informant in this study shows that they are in the position of negotiated readers. Although both informants actively received pornographic messages in the game, both informants negotiated the meaning of what was received. Each informant negotiates to mean based on their respective fields of reference.
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Sherry, John L. "Formative Research for STEM Educational Games." Zeitschrift für Psychologie 221, no. 2 (2013): 90–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000134.
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Millions in taxpayer and foundation euros and dollars have been spent building and testing educational video games, games for health, and serious games. What have been the fruits of this frenzy of activity? What educational video game has had the reach and impact of Sesame Street or Blues Clues television shows? By comparison, the Children’s Television Workshop (CTW) managed to get Sesame Street off the ground within a couple of years, writing the basic scientific literature on educational media design in the process. Not only is Sesame Street well known and proven, it laid the basis for every effective educational show to follow. This article explores the differences between the CTW scientific approach to educational media production and the mostly nonscientific approach consuming so many resources in the educational games, games for health, and serious games movements. Fundamental scientific questions that remain unanswered are outlined.
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Evans, Michael A., Anderson Norton, Mido Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, and Osman Balci. "Youth and Video Games." Zeitschrift für Psychologie 221, no. 2 (2013): 98–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000135.
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Recent research suggests that video games and social media may influence youths’ lives in ways that deserve attention from psychologists, mathematics educators, and learning scientists. For example, positive effects on engagement, which can increase probability of mathematics proficiency, have been reported in the literature. We examine this issue with emphasis on the effects of video game play on youth learning and engagement; what features, attributes, and mechanisms of video games have been identified as most salient for these factors; and how scholarship in the domain might design more rigorous studies to determine the effects of video game play on learning, achievement, and engagement. We include a description of our work developing educational games for middle school youth struggling to become algebra-ready.
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Crawford, Garry, Daniel Muriel, and Steven Conway. "A feel for the game: Exploring gaming ‘experience’ through the case of sports-themed video games." Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 25, no. 5-6 (2018): 937–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856518772027.
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Video gaming is often understood and narrated as an ‘experience’, and we would suggest that this is particularly notable with sports-themed video games. However, we would argue that how the game experience is curated and consumed, and how this relates to wider social process and forces, is rarely given any detailed consideration within the existing game research literature. Hence, this article explores how game experiences can be understood and articulated around four key themes. First, we begin with the argument that video games connect with, but also lead, a wider social trend: understanding social reality as a set of designed experiences. The real is progressively becoming a repository of technologically mediated experiences, and the logic of video games is anticipating this process. Second, we suggest video games are translations of phenomenological worlds: When successful, key aspects of the meaning of things remain similar even as one moves between spaces, domains, mediums and platforms. Developers often seek to bring others’ experiences into a game environment, such as translating the geography and mechanisms of sporting locations and competitions into a game environment. Third, following this translation of meaning across domains, gamers often narrate their encounters with video games as they would with any other experience, such as winning the Champions League in Football Manager becomes recounted by gamers like any other achievement. Fourth, video games are interactive and explicit bodily experiences because they must be enacted in order to exist.
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Crawford, Garry, and Victoria K. Gosling. "More than a Game: Sports-Themed Video Games and Player Narratives." Sociology of Sport Journal 26, no. 1 (2009): 50–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ssj.26.1.50.
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This article considers the social importance of sports-themed video games, and more specifically, discusses their use and role in the construction of gaming and wider social narratives. Here, building on our own and wider sociological and video games studies, we advocate adopting an audience research perspective that allows for consideration of not only narratives within games but also how these narratives are used and located within the everyday lives of gamers. In particular, we argue that sports-themed games provide an illustrative example of how media texts are used in identity construction, performances, and social narratives.
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Geerts, David, Marije Nouwen, Evert van Beek, Karin Slegers, Fernanda Chocron Miranda, and Lizzy Bleumers. "Using the SGDA Framework to Design and Evaluate Research Games." Simulation & Gaming 50, no. 3 (2018): 272–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1046878118808826.
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Background. Several HCI researchers have started to use game design elements in their research to create playful methods for involving end-users in design. Similar to serious games, such research games serve a dual purpose: 1) to create an enjoyable experience for research participants, and 2) to collect user insights to inform the design process. Aim. We propose that the Serious Game Design Assessment (SGDA) Framework, that evaluates both a game’s enjoyable purposes and its serious purposes, may be a valuable tool in assessing and developing research games. In this article, we apply the SGDA Framework to three existing research games, one involving train passengers in assessing potential future user experiences, one involving hospital staff in ideation for wearable technology, and one involving TV viewers in ideation for future video watching scenarios. Conclusion. The assessment of the three research games suggests that the framework is indeed applicable to research games and may, as such, provide HCI researchers with clear guidance when creating new research games.
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Ossenfort, Kathryn L., and Derek M. Isaacowitz. "Video Games and Emotion Regulation." GeroPsych 31, no. 4 (2018): 205–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000196.
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Abstract. Research on age differences in media usage has shown that older adults are more likely than younger adults to select positive emotional content. Research on emotional aging has examined whether older adults also seek out positivity in the everyday situations they choose, resulting so far in mixed results. We investigated the emotional choices of different age groups using video games as a more interactive type of affect-laden stimuli. Participants made multiple selections from a group of positive and negative games. Results showed that older adults selected the more positive games, but also reported feeling worse after playing them. Results supplement the literature on positivity in situation selection as well as on older adults’ interactive media preferences.
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Søraker, Johnny Hartz. "Gaming the gamer? – The ethics of exploiting psychological research in video games." Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 14, no. 2 (2016): 106–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jices-02-2015-0003.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ethical implications of video game companies employing psychologists and using psychological research in game design. Design/methodology/approach The author first argues that exploiting psychology in video games may be more ethically problematic than familiar application domains like advertising, gambling and political rhetoric. Then an overview of the effects particular types of game design may have on user behavior is provided, taking into account various findings and phenomena from behavioral psychology and behavioral economics. Findings Finally, the author concludes that the corresponding ethical problems cannot – and should not – be addressed by means of regulation or rating systems. The author argues instead that a more promising countermeasure lies in using the same psychological research to educate gamers (children in particular) and thereby increase their capacity for meta-cognition. Originality/value The importance of this lies in the tremendous effect these behavior-modifying technologies may have upon our self-determination, well-being and social relations, as well as corresponding implications for the society.
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Wood, Kelli, and David S. Carter. "Art and technology: archiving video games for humanities research in university libraries." Art Libraries Journal 43, no. 4 (2018): 185–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/alj.2018.29.
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AbstractOver the past half-century video games have become a significant part of our cultural environment, in part, by leading advances in both technology and artistic innovation. In recent years librarians and researchers have recognized these games as cultural objects that require collection and curation. Developing and maintaining collections of this fast moving and somewhat ephemeral media, however, poses challenges due to constantly advancing technology and a corresponding lack of consistent terminology. This article addresses the literature and critical issues surrounding collections of video games within libraries and presents a case study of the University of Michigan’s Computer and Video Game Archive (CVGA), one of the largest academic archives of its kind. Moreover, video games are situated in a humanistic approach to the field of game studies as the article draws on the relevance of methods from art history and film studies.
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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 (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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Costello, Robert, Murray Lambert, and Florian Kern. "How Can Accessibility for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Players be Improved in Video Games?" International Journal of R&D Innovation Strategy 1, no. 1 (2019): 16–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijrdis.2019010102.
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This research investigates how the accessibility of video games can be improved for deaf and hearing-impaired players. The journal is divided into several areas, first, examining the use of subtitles and closed captions used in video games; and second, how visual cues can be used to provide better accessibility for deaf and hearing-impaired gamers. This includes effectively creating suitable atmospheres and mood in games through lighting as well as having a varied environment that prevents the players from getting bored with the setting of a game and finally exploring current best practices within the gaming industry. Through this research data the issues with accessibility can be found as well as how a lack of accessibility affects deaf and hearing-impaired gamers. Research from this investigation supports some of the evidence from other researchers in the field that accessibility features for deaf and hearing-impaired can be considered and implemented.
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Nguyen, Phuong, and Luong Nguyen. "A study on game consumer behavior." Management Science Letters 11, no. 9 (2021): 2323–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.5267/j.msl.2021.6.002.
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In the world, the video game industry has really exploded until about 2000, and since then has achieved great strides, becoming one of the leading forms of the entertainment industry, at least in terms of revenue. The main purpose of this paper is to examine the consumer behavior in the case of video games with three objectives: identify the factors affecting customer satisfaction for video games; analyze these factors to understand how they affect consumer behavior and propose some recommendations to improve the customer satisfaction for video games. Data was collected from 205 Vietnamese gamers addressing the variables of individual, psychological, cultural, and social factors. Regression analysis found that all four factors positively affect consumer behavior, in terms of customer satisfaction, especially cultural factors. The findings of this research analyzed the theoretical foundations of the theory of behavior, based on which investigated the study of consumer behavior of video game services of players in Vietnam by market research, analyze data, thereby helping businesses understand the psychological response, consumer behavior of customers, and can devise appropriate strategies.
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Steinkuehler, Constance. "Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming as a Constellation of Literacy Practices." E-Learning and Digital Media 4, no. 3 (2007): 297–318. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2007.4.3.297.
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The claim that video games are replacing literacy activities that is bandied about in the American mainstream press is based not only on unspecified definitions of both ‘games' and ‘literacy’ but also on a surprising lack of research on what children actually do when they play video games. In this article, the author examines some of the practices that comprise game play in the context of one genre of video games in particular — massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs). Based on data culled from a two-year online cognitive ethnography of the MMOG Lineage (both I and II), the author argues that forms of video game play such as those entailed in MMOGs are not replacing literacy activities but rather are literacy activities. In order to make this argument, the author surveys the literacy practices that MMOGamers routinely participate in, both within the game's virtual world (e.g. social interaction, in-game letters) and beyond (e.g. online game forums, the creation of fan sites and fan fiction). Then, with this argument in place, she attempts to historicize this popular contempt toward electronic ‘pop culture’ media such as video games and suggest a potentially more productive (and accurate) framing of the literacy practices of today's generation of adolescents and young adults.
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Sevin, Rebecca, and Whitney Decamp. "From Playing to Programming: The Effect of Video Game Play on Confidence with Computers and an Interest in Computer Science." Sociological Research Online 21, no. 3 (2016): 14–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.4082.
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Research on the effects of playing video games has been limited by a preoccupation with possible negative repercussions. Nevertheless, research has shown that video games can have positive effects on young players’ social lives. The existing body of research, however, has largely ignored the more computer-related aspects of video game play and its effects. This study provides empirical evidence to support theoretical arguments about the relationship between playing video games and computers. The type of scientific thinking encouraged by video games and the technological abilities needed to play video games is suggested to result in an increase in players’ confidence with computers and interest in computer science. These potential relationships are examined using data from over 1,000 undergraduate students to empirically assess the relationship between video game play and: 1) confidence with computers, and 2) interest in computer science. The results indicate that game play is statistically significant as a predictor of confidence and interest. In comparison to the other predictors in the model, the strength of the effect from playing video games is relatively very strong. The findings suggest that exposure to video games as a recreational technology help inform players’ abilities with non-recreational technology and build an interest in technology in general.
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Ellefsen, Ugo, and Miguel Á. Bernal-Merino. "Harnessing the roar of the crowd." Journal of Internationalization and Localization 5, no. 1 (2018): 21–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jial.00009.ell.
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Abstract Through quantitative data analysis, this study explores the attitudes of gamers from different French-speaking locales (Belgium, France, Canada, and Switzerland) in relation to their language preference and opinions of translated material while playing video games. The intended goal is to develop a replicable methodology for data collection about the linguistic preferences of video game players. The research strategy is based on online questionnaires distributed to gamers through social media. The results highlight players’ level of satisfaction regarding the localisation of games and suggest that industry strategies put forward till recently may be rather inadequate. Linguistic preferences seem to vary within locales based on factors such as English language proficiency and personal background. The results of this research may serve the implementation of new localisation strategies for video game products in French-speaking countries of emerging markets or other multinational languages.
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Lawler, Jeffrey, and Sean Smith. "Reprogramming the History of Video Games: A Historian’s Approach to Video Games and Their History." International Public History 4, no. 1 (2021): 47–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/iph-2021-2018.
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Abstract This paper explores the need and opportunities for historians to recognize the importance of video games to their research in modern American history. While this paper is rooted in examples specific to United States history, the call for historians to examine video games, engage with the rich field of games studies, and explore video games as sources in historical scholarship is a universal one, applicable to all fields of history. In this paper we argue that digital games are an essential part of media and cultural history and while media scholars and others interested in game studies have taken up the mantel of video games history, historians have been slow to respond to the medium and even slower to engage with video games as historical sources.
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Chernikova, Angelina, and Murilo Branco. "Product placement in computer/video games: an analysis of the impact on customers purchasing decision." Innovative Marketing 15, no. 3 (2019): 60–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/im.15(3).2019.05.
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The video game and virtual reality became a new way of doing marketing considering their growing popularity and the advances of new technologies in the past few decades. In this paper is presented a research that investigates the impact of product placement in video games on gamers’ decisions on the purchase of goods from advertised. This research is focused on two of the most played games nowadays: FIFA 19 and Final Fantasy XV. A survey with 465 respondents was conducted to understand the antecedents that impact the purchase decision considering the stimulus originated from the product placement. To conduct the survey, a framework was designed based in the extant literature reviewed and finally considering the constructs of product placement, quality of virtual reality, brand recognition, brand familiarity, emotional response and purchase frequency. The results of the study suggest that gamers generally respond positively towards product placement and that product placement can indirectly impact emotional responses that will impact on consumer’s purchase intention. Hence, advertising in the video game enhances brand recognition and the perception of virtual reality. The framework presented in this paper represents the theoretical contribution of this paper, relating different concepts in the theory of product placement to the purchase intention. Therefore, the findings on this paper can help managers to find the best way to reach customers by improving the product placement strategy in the video games.
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Porter, Guy, and Vladan Starcevic. "Are Violent Video Games Harmful?" Australasian Psychiatry 15, no. 5 (2007): 422–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10398560701463343.
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Objective: The aim of this paper is to revisit the controversial issue of the association of violent video games and aggressive behaviour. Conclusions: Several lines of evidence suggest that there is a link between exposure to violent video games and aggressive behaviour. However, methodological shortcomings of research conducted so far make several interpretations of this relationship possible. Thus, aggressive behaviour may be a consequence of playing violent video games, an expression of hostile traits that existed before exposure to these games, and/or it may be a result of several possible combinations of these and other factors. Mental health professionals need to be aware of these potentially negative effects of violent video games when assessing patients who present with aggression. There is a need for prospective, long-term studies similar to those evaluating the effects of television and film violence on children and adolescents.
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Green, C. Shawn, and Aaron R. Seitz. "The Impacts of Video Games on Cognition (and How the Government Can Guide the Industry)." Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2, no. 1 (2015): 101–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2372732215601121.
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Video game play has become a pervasive part of American culture. The dramatic increase in the popularity of video games has resulted in significant interest in the effects that video gaming may have on the brain and behavior. The scientific research to date indicates that some, but not all, commercial video games do indeed have the potential to cause large-scale changes in a wide variety of aspects of human behavior, including the focus of this review—cognitive abilities. More recent years have seen the rise of a separate form of video games, the so-called “brain games,” or games designed with the explicit goal of enhancing cognitive abilities. Although research on such brain games is still in its infancy, and the results have definitely not been uniformly positive, there is nonetheless reason for continued optimism that custom games can be developed that make a lasting and positive impact on human cognitive skills. Here, we discuss the current state of the scientific literature surrounding video games and human cognition with an emphasis on points critically related to public policy.
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Borderie, Joceran, and Nicolas Michinov. "Identifying Flow in Video Games." International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations 8, no. 3 (2016): 19–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijgcms.2016070102.
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The flow, or optimal experience, is a highly focused mental state leading to immersion and high performance. Although flow theory has been widely applied to research on videogames, methods based on behavior observation to identify flow states are limited in this domain. The aim of the present study was to develop a new method to detect flow episodes occurring during a gaming session from observation of players' behaviors and analysis of game replays. The authors developed an optimal experience behavior pattern and a related coding scheme. In-depth interviews were then conducted to determine whether episodes coded as flow by researchers were also described as such by the players themselves. Findings showed that intense concentration followed by an expression of satisfaction could be a useful pattern to detect flow. Unexpectedly, the interviews suggested that frustration, as well as joy, may also be an emotional signature of flow. This study shed new light on the relationship between gameplay and flow.
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Donchin, Emanuel. "Video games as research tools: The Space Fortress game." Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 27, no. 2 (1995): 217–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/bf03204735.
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Myers, David. "Guest editorial: Video games: Issues in research and learning." Simulation & Gaming 36, no. 4 (2005): 442–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1046878105282569.
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罗, 红. "Research Summary of Negative Effects of Violent Video Games." Advances in Psychology 06, no. 02 (2016): 188–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.12677/ap.2016.62023.
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Calvillo-Gámez, Eduardo, Jeremy Gow, and Paul Cairns. "Introduction to special issue: Video games as research instruments." Entertainment Computing 2, no. 1 (2011): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2011.03.011.
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Ferguson, Christopher J. "Violent Video Games, Sexist Video Games, and the Law: Why Can't We Find Effects?" Annual Review of Law and Social Science 14, no. 1 (2018): 411–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-101317-031036.
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During the early 2000s, several states and municipalities sought to regulate minors’ access to violent video games owing to perceived harms to minors. The resultant case law, culminating in the US Supreme Court case Brown v. EMA (2011), demonstrated court skepticism of the science linking violent games to harm in minors. Such skepticism was increasingly confirmed as numerous newer studies could not link violent games to socially relevant outcomes. In more recent years, there has been a newer focus on sexist games and the harm these might cause. This field appears at risk for repeating some of the problems of the violent game field, including exaggeration of mixed findings, lack of curiosity regarding null findings, and unreliable research designs. By persisting in advancing a narrative of public health crisis, despite evidence to the contrary, social science has risked damaging its reputation in the eyes of the courts.
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Ortiz, Luz, Héctor Tillerias, Christian Chimbo, and Veronica Toaza. "Impact on the video game industry during the COVID-19 pandemic." Athenea 1, no. 1 (2020): 5–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.47460/athenea.v1i1.1.
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This work presents trends and comparisons that show a change in the consumption and production of video games in times of confinement due to the health emergency. The video game industry has modified its philosophy and adapted its products to the new requirements and trends of consumers who see in this activity a way to appease the psychological and social impact due to quarantine and isolation. There is evidence of a 65% increase in the use of online video games, which has broken a world record. Products that have new aspects and considerations never before proposed by this great industry have been developed and offered, such as thematic games related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 Keywords: Video game, pandemic, online games, confinement.
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Myasnikova, М. А., and P. E. Arkhipov. "Video Games Differentiation in the Framework of the Culturological Research of the Media." Izvestia Ural Federal University Journal Series 1. Issues in Education, Science and Culture 27, no. 1 (2021): 12–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.15826/izv1.2021.27.1.002.
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The article examines various classifications of the video games by the Russian and foreign authors. Until present time, the existence of several approaches to this phenomenon studying has been recognized. Some rely on the social sciences, while others focus on the gaming industry studying. The described approach is culturological, but does not equate games with art. However, such an identification is observed in a number of modern studies. As a result, we propose our own classification of video games, based on the culture’s morphology system of elements.
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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 (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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O’Hagan, Minako. "Putting Pleasure First: Localizing Japanese Video Games." TTR 22, no. 1 (2010): 147–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/044785ar.
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Since their humble beginnings, video games have undergone huge technological advances, becoming a significant global industry today and highlighting the role played by translation and localization. Despite the continuing localization activities undertaken in the industry, translation studies (TS) have not paid much attention to video games as a research domain. Drawing on the author’s previous work on the Japanese Role Playing Game (RPG) Final Fantasy titles, this paper attempts to demonstrate the ample research scope that this domain presents for TS scholars. In particular, it discusses the unique localization model used by Final Fantasy’s Japanese publisher, illustrating how the games’ new digital platform allows the (re)creation of a new gameplaying pleasure directly through the localization process itself. In this model, the original game merely sets off a chain of improvements through localization. In turn, understanding the different pleasures drawn from different localized versions of games will contribute useful insights into emerging games research.
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Foley, Louise, and Ralph Maddison. "Use of Active Video Games to Increase Physical Activity in Children: A (Virtual) Reality?" Pediatric Exercise Science 22, no. 1 (2010): 7–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/pes.22.1.7.
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There has been increased research interest in the use of active video games (in which players physically interact with images onscreen) as a means to promote physical activity in children. The aim of this review was to assess active video games as a means of increasing energy expenditure and physical activity behavior in children. Studies were obtained from computerised searches of multiple electronic bibliographic databases. The last search was conducted in December 2008. Eleven studies focused on the quantification of the energy cost associated with playing active video games, and eight studies focused on the utility of active video games as an intervention to increase physical activity in children. Compared with traditional nonactive video games, active video games elicited greater energy expenditure, which was similar in intensity to mild to moderate intensity physical activity. The intervention studies indicate that active video games may have the potential to increase free-living physical activity and improve body composition in children; however, methodological limitations prevent definitive conclusions. Future research should focus on larger, methodologically sound intervention trials to provide definitive answers as to whether this technology is effective in promoting long-term physical activity in children.
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McLean, Lavinia, and Mark D. Griffiths. "Violent Video Games and Attitudes Towards Victims of Crime." International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning 3, no. 3 (2013): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcbpl.2013070101.
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Previous research has indicated that playing violent video games may be associated with an increase in acceptance of violence and positive attitudes towards perpetrators of crime. This study is the first to investigate the relationship between playing violent video games and attitudes towards victims of crime. A total of 206 young people (aged 12-24 years) completed measures of attitudes towards victims and violent video game exposure. The results suggest that exposure to violent video games is associated with less concern being reported for victims of crime. Young people who play more violent video games reported less concern for general victims and for culpable victims, and these effects cannot be explained by gender or age differences. The results are discussed in relation to relevant research in the area, along with recommendations for future research.
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Hamlen, Karla R. "Understanding Children’s Choices and Cognition in Video Game Play." Zeitschrift für Psychologie 221, no. 2 (2013): 107–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000136.
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This article provides a synthesis of a group of research studies conducted to better understand in what ways children’s entertainment video game play choices relate to their creativity, motivations, problem-solving strategies, learning preferences, and beliefs about how to play games. Three studies were conducted among American students: (1) a survey and creativity assessment with students aged 9–11, (2) an in-depth qualitative study with three adolescent boys, and (3) an online survey. Key findings from this research relate to both psychological factors motivating video game play, and cognition and choices children make while playing video games. Results from these studies demonstrate that, despite assumptions that children play video games to avoid mental stimulation, children are actually motivated by the challenge and thinking required by video games. The reward system used in video games is a strong continuing motivator for boys in particular. Among both genders, playing certain genres of video games is related to utilizing particular learning strategies. Additionally, though creativity does not appear to be hindered by video game play, the most creative children are generally not choosing to spend their time on video games. Finally, children create their own code of conduct and ethics within video game play, although an individual’s work ethic within video games tends to reflect patterns in other areas of life. Collectively, these studies provide a rich picture of children’s video game play and show consistency, both between game contexts and real life choices, and with other literature related to children’s motivations and strategies for learning.
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Bogacheva, N. V., and A. E. Voiskounsky. "Computer games and creativity: the positive aspects and negative trends." Современная зарубежная психология 6, no. 4 (2017): 29–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2017060403.
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The article is aimed at analysis of current studies of the link between video games experience and creativity. The impact of video game playing on the psychological specificity of gamers has repeatedly become a subject of many studies, though higher-level cognitive abilities, such as creativity, were rarely the subject of interest, remaining unexplored in the context of video games. Contrary to the earlier predictions that the increased amount of «readymade» visual information will reduce the imaginative ability, most of the current works show positive links between some types of creativity (in particular — visual) and playing video games. The latter becomes not only a source of inspiration but also a platform for creative realization. Many authors draw attention to possible negative aspects of creativity, in particular, the possibility of its antisocial applications. In this regard, the importance of studying the aggressiveness and empathy of computer players is increasing but the research data in this area is particularly contradictory.
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Hamlen, Karla R. "General Problem-Solving Styles and Problem-Solving Approaches in Video Games." Journal of Educational Computing Research 56, no. 4 (2017): 467–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0735633117729221.
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Video game play is a pervasive recreational activity, particularly among college students. While there is a large research base focused on educational video game play and uses of games in the classroom, there is much less research focused on cognitive strategies and entertainment video game play. The purpose of this study was to investigate potential relationships between general problem-solving styles and problem-solving approaches in video games. One hundred and thirty-eight undergraduate college students completed online surveys about their video game play and also an assessment of general problem-solving style. A multivariate linear regression revealed relationships between general problem-solving styles and problem-solving preferences in video games, with a few differences when looking at specific genres of games. This study provides evidence that approaches to video game play can be a reflection of real-life problem-solving styles.
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Goldstein, Jeffrey, Lara Cajko, Mark Oosterbroek, Moniek Michielsen, Oscar Van Houten, and Femke Salverda. "VIDEO GAMES AND THE ELDERLY." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 25, no. 4 (1997): 345–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1997.25.4.345.
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This study examined the effects of playing video games (Super Tetris) on the reaction time, cognitive/perceptual adaptability, and emotional well-being of 22 noninstitutionalized elderly people aged 69 to 90. Volunteers in an elderly community in the Netherlands were randomly assigned to a videogameplaying experimental group or a nonplaying control group. The televisions of the 10 videogame players were provided with Nintendo SuperNes systems. Participants played Super Tetris 5 hours a week for 5 weeks, and maintained a log of their play. Before and after this play period, measures of reaction time (Sternberg Test; Steinberg, 1969), cognitive/perceptual adaptability (Stroop Color Word Test; Stroop, 1935), and emotional well-being (self-report questionnaire) were administered. Playing video games was related to a significant improvement in the Sternberg reaction time task, and to a relative increase in selfreported well-being. On the Stroop Color Word Test, both the experimental and control groups improved significantly, but the difference between groups was not statistically significant. The videogame-playing group had faster reaction times and felt a more positive sense of well-being compared to their nonplaying counterparts. Consistent with previous research on video games and the elderly, the present study finds the strongest effects on measures of reaction time, and the weakest effects on cognitive performance measures. Explanations and alternative interpretations of these findings are discussed.
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Murphy, Shane. "Video Games, Competition and Exercise: A New Opportunity for Sport Psychologists?" Sport Psychologist 23, no. 4 (2009): 487–503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/tsp.23.4.487.
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The increasing influence of technology on sports and games is examined and the widespread popularity of video and computer games is identified as an opportunity for sport and exercise psychologists. Modern video and computer games can involve considerable physical activity and social competition and are thus a suitable subject for the application of sport psychology theories and intervention methods. A brief overview of some of the existing research from other fields on video and serious interactive games is presented. The advantages of studying competition, cooperation and exercise in video game play include application of existing theories to new areas, methodological research advantages, and new applied opportunities for practitioners. Sport and exercise psychologists are encouraged to research the long-term viability of studying important sport and exercise psychology topics such as aggression, teamwork and psychological skills using video game and related technologies.
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Vari, Judit. "Playful Trajectories and Experimentations." Brill Research Perspectives in Global Youth 1, no. 1 (2021): 1–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25903160-12340001.
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Abstract The main goal of this work is to discuss the place and role of video games in contemporary societies and their impact on individual relationships. It analyses how the development of video games is a sign of and a factor in the democratization of modern societies. It explores how video games contribute to the moral and political socialization of children and teenagers. The work is structured into two parts. The first explores the methodological, ethical and epistemological implications of Games Studies, and shows how the development of an independent field of research on video games can be analyzed as a sign of democratization. The second part focuses on youth identity experimentations and how video games can contribute to the democratization of social relations. Play inequalities are discussed, but it is also shown how video games are reconfiguring family and peer relationships, thereby influencing the movement of democratization of societies.
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Bass, Ian. "The Potential of Video Games for Enhancing Teaching History." International Journal of Management and Applied Research 7, no. 3 (2020): 308–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.18646/2056.73.20-022.
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This paper reflects on the potential of using video games as a medium to teach medieval history. Building on feedback from students and research around the topic of using video games to teach medieval history, this paper explores how video games can be used to create counterfactual simulations and their potential use as an academic teaching tool.