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Wong, Chi-hang y 王志恆. "The localization of Japanese video games in Taiwan". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/197549.
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The aim of this research lies in the study of how Japanese console videos games have been re-territorialized into Taiwan in Taiwanese context. Since making its debut in 1970s, video game industry has developed into a multi-billion dollar business in which Japanese console and game developers have been the pioneers. Academic studies on video games, however, had been largely focusing on the physical and mental affection of video game playing, and it is until recent years that video game has begun to be analyzed as a cultural product. Looking to fill the research space of how video games have been consumed and received under different geographical and social contexts, this research examine show Taiwanese, the former colonial subjects of Japan, localize Japanese console video games through measures during the process of production, re-production, circulation, and consumption in the context of Taiwanese society. Attention has been particularly paid to Taipei City Mall, where gamer gatherings of a Japanese video game had been regularly held. Through intensive participatory observation on the gathering and in-depth case studies on a few selected personalities, the author will show how a Japanese cultural good is being re-territorialized under an alien social context. The thesis then argues a new paradigm, in which the individual desire is considered as equally important with other mediation factors, should be adopted in conceptualizing the migration of a cultural good.published_or_final_version
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Pelurson, Gaspard. "Queer quests : journeying through manifestations of queerness in video games". Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/78270/.
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This thesis focuses on the various manifestations of queerness in video games, and investigates how video games' queer potential connects and clashes with LGBTQ politics, as well as with gaming culture and hegemonic masculinity. Through the lens of queer theory, I adopt two main angles of approach. Firstly, I concentrate on video game characters and study them as vessels of queer politics. Focusing on two game characters, and their reception within gaming communities, I explore the limits and potentials of the queer politics in video games. As such, despite the prevalence of heteronormative values in video game narratives, I argue that some game characters embody unexpected vessels of queer hope. Expanding upon this argument, this thesis moves away from queer characters and interrogates the inherent queerness of games themselves. In doing so, I delve into multiple choice dialogue systems and forms of ‘aimless' game exploration, and argue that games can enfold the player in a queer, timeless bubble where alternative possibilities loom on the horizon. As such, I argue that the player escapes from normative time structures and freely articulates game time and space. In this way, these sequences occur in a queer temporality which runs counter to core game mechanics, such as achievements and rewards. Extending this queering of game, I finally argue that particular counternormative gaming practices, such as intentionally losing, celebrate the failure of heteromasculinity both inside and outside gaming culture. In this way, and throughout this thesis, I argue that video games operate as a multidimensional medium, providing various instances where queerness manifests itself. While I demonstrate that some of these instances can be found in other popular media such as cinema and literature, I argue that video game queerness also takes unique shapes that are exclusive to the medium. As such, I suggest that video games, as a polysemic medium, gleam with queer potentiality, and are pioneers in revealing new queer embodiments.
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Li, King-lun y 李景麟. "Nintendo revolution: what is happening in videogame industry and individuals". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44676670.
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Chambers, Christopher. "Addressing Cheating and Workload Characterization in Online Games". PDXScholar, 2006. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2669.
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The Internet has enabled the popular pastime of playing video games to grow rapidly by connecting game players in disparate locations. However, with popularity have come the two challenges of hosting a large number of users and detecting cheating among users. For reasons of control, security, and ease of development, the most popular system for hosting on-line games is the client server architecture. This is also the most expensive and least scalable architecture for the game publisher, which drives hosting costs upwards with the success of the game. In addition to the expense of hosting, as a particular game grows more competitive and popular, the incentive to cheat for that game grows as well. All popular online games suffer from cheats in one form or another, and this cheating adversely affects game popularity and growth.
In this dissertation we follow a hypothetical game company (GameCorp) as it surmounts challenges involved in running an on-line game. We develop a characterization of gamer habits and game workloads from data sampled over a period of years, and show the benefits and drawbacks of multiplexing online applications together in a single large server farm. We develop and evaluate a geographic redirection service for the public server architecture to match clients with servers. We show how the public server game architecture can be used to scalably host large persistent games such as massively multiplayer (MMO) games that previously used the client server architecture. Finally we develop a taxonomy for client cheating in on-line games to focus research efforts, and specifically treat one of the categories in detail: information exposure in peer-to-peer games.
The thesis of this dissertation is: a methodology for accurate usage modeling of server resources can improve workload management; public-server resources can be leveraged in new ways to serve multiplayer on-line games; and that information exposure in peer-to-peer on-line games is preventable or detectable with the adoption of cryptographic protocols.
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Tran, Chris. "What's Real Anymore: A Comparison of World of Warcraft, SecondLife and Online Experiences". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc10976/.
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The proliferation of the Internet and online-based social interactions has become an increasingly popular topic with communication scholars. The goal of this study was to explore how massively multi-player online role playing game (MMORPG) players make sense of and negotiate their online social interactions. This study (N = 292) examined how players of SecondLife and World of Warcraft evaluated their online relationships compared to their offline relationships and investigated how different levels of realism within different MMORPGs effected player's online experiences. The results indicated that players of SecondLife placed higher values of emotional closeness to their online relationships when compared to players of World of Warcraft and SecondLife was rated more real by its players than World of Warcraft. Results further indicated that players of SecondLife had higher levels of perceived online emotional closeness when compared to perceived offline emotional closeness. Implications of this study focus on developing a bottom up holistic profile of online game players as opposed to the current top down research model.
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Zhu, Jun Chao. "The evolution of official media reports on video games :a case study of the People's Daily". Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3953768.
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Menuez, Paolo Xavier Machado. "The Downward Spiral: Postmodern Consciousness as Buddhist Metaphysics in the Dark Souls Video Game Series". PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4161.
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This paper is about locating the meaning of a series of games known as the Dark Souls series in relation to contemporary social conditions in Japan. I argue that the game should be thought of as an emblem of the current cultural zeitgeist, in a similar way one might identify something like Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums as an emblem of the counter cultural 60s. I argue that the Dark Souls series expresses in allegorical form an anxiety about living in a time where the meaning of our everyday actions and even society itself has become significantly destabilized. It does this through a fractured approach to story-telling, that is interspersed with Buddhist metaphysics and wrapped up in macabre, gothic aesthetic depicting the last gasping breath of a once great kingdom. This expression of contemporary social anxiety is connected to the discourse of postmodernity in Japan. Through looking at these games as a feedback loop between text, environment and ludic system, I connect the main conceptual motifs that structure the games as a whole with Osawa Masachi's concept of the post-fictional era and Hiroki Azuma's definition of the otaku.
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Jin, Chengyue. "Game narrative conveyed through visual elements in digital games". Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20104.
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This thesis compares the different concepts of game narrative and traditional narrative, and aims to explore and analyze the relationship between visual elements and game narrative in video games. Game narrative is an emerging narrative based on digital media. It can not only include stories from traditional narratives, but also convey narratives through the virtual environment and mechanisms of games. This thesis discusses the concepts of traditional narrative and game narrative from the basic concepts of narrative, and lists different visual narrative elements and video games of different narrative types on this basis. In addition, this thesis designs a study that includes different dimensions of immersion to investigate the impact of narratives conveyed through visual elements on player immersion.
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Clearwater, David A. "Full spectrum propaganda : the U.S. military, video games, and the genre of the military-themed shooter". Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100338.
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This dissertation explores the emerging relationship between the U.S. military and the commercial video game market. Specifically, this study situates this relationship in terms of the U.S. military's evolving role in a variety of media-such as Hollywood feature films, television, and television news-for the purposes of propaganda and the influencing of public opinion. Consequently, an analysis and critique of the U.S. military's production and commissioning of commercial video games will be advanced that takes into account contemporary analyses and media critiques with respect to war and representation. Since these games are also a part of the larger field of entertainment and cultural production, this study will attempt to understand these products for the complex ways they combine cultural expression, modern spectatorship and the desire to influence or mediate popular conceptions of war. Consideration will also be given to situating these products within the emerging field of video game studies and aesthetics, as well as questions concerning genre, realism, historical revisionism, and the ethics of simulation.
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Răzman, Diana Cristina. "Press ‘F’ to pay respects : Grief and memorialization in video games". Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20098.
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This paper aims to present, discuss, and analyze the potential role of digital games within practices of memory, bereavement, and inheritance. The paper examines how users inhabit game environments, how their in-game memories and identities extend into the real world, and what kind of digital legacy players may be leaving behind. A study based on theoretical frameworks relating to memorialization and grief processing is conducted to look at how games can become part of mourning and memorialization practices.
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Acarsoy, Sara Nil. "Effects of interactivity on narrative-driven games : A heuristic approach for narrative-driven games". Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-19844.
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In narrative-driven games, the story is an essential part of the gameplay, and understanding the story is of great importance. Given that what separates this genre from other storytelling media is interactivity, this thesis focuses on the elements in narrative-driven video games that effects the players' perception of narrative through interactivity. Using players' likes and dislikes from their previous experiences in narrative-driven games, this thesis aims to develop a heuristic approach for interactive narrative elements that offer the narrative through players' input to the game's system and create an effective gameplay experience that delivers the story to the players.
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Gregory, Clairellyn Rose. "Who Gender-Bends and Why? A Qualitative Study of World of Warcraft". PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/421.
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According to a 2009 study, 68% of American households played video games (Entertainment Software Association). With this number continually on the rise, video games and their cultures are in need of further scholarly exploration. A video game of particular interest is a massive online game known as World of Warcraft, drawing over twelve million players worldwide (Blizzard Entertainment, 2010). With a cyberspace-based culture, World of Warcraft exposes its players to phenomenon that are unique to it, and thereby not easily understood through the same measures and evaluations offered by society at large. One such phenomena is that of gender, or more specifically the bending of gender by which players assume characters of the opposite gender. Although a common practice in video games like World of Warcraft, its motivations have yet to receive adequately scholarly attention. The present study seeks to explore the process of gender selection in the massive online game World of Warcraft through qualitative methods utilizing interviews, texts, and field notes. The data is then analyzed using Kellner's (2003) methods of critical analysis of media and Langian's (1975) work on thematization.
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Răzman, Diana Cristina. "Replaying history : Accuracy and authenticity in historical video game narratives". Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-18962.
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In this research paper, I develop a conceptual framework through which I identify two ways in which historical practices, events, and spaces are represented and engaged with in video games. The concepts I propose are historical accuracy to reflect well-established narratives and a high fidelity to factual data, and historical authenticity to reflect lesser known narratives and a more complex and sometimes abstract interpretation of history. The research concentrates on the modalities in which history is represented in mainstream video games, what similarities or dissimilarities can be drawn from the analysis of various historical digital games, and how can these games be designed to foster diversity and fair representation.
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Cayatte, Rémi. "Les jeux vidéo américains de l’après 11 septembre 2001 : la guerre faite jeu, nouveau terrain de propagande idéologique ?" Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LORR0205/document.
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Les jeux vidéo qui abordent de manière explicite ou détournée des événements réels transmettentune certaine vision de tels événements à leurs utilisateurs. Que ce soit à travers les éléments de récitsur lesquels ils reposent, les images portées à l’écran ou leurs spécificités ludiques, certains jeuxvidéo s’inspirent ainsi du réel autant qu’ils (re)construisent ce dernier par l’intermédiaire desexpériences de jeu qu’ils proposent.Afin de mieux cerner les rouages et les mécanismes de ces jeux, nous avons pu proposer dans cetravail une méthode d’analyse qui prend en compte l’ensemble des éléments (narratifs, audiovisuels et ludiques) qui les constituent. Nous avons pu ensuite appliquer cette méthode aux trois jeux Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2007-2011). Une fois l’étude de ces éléments formels réalisée, nous avons replacé ces jeux dans leurs contextes de production et de réception.Nous avons ainsi pu mettre en lumière le fait que, à l’exaltation de sentiments militaristes, guerriers, nationalistes et patriotiques, s’ajoute dans ces trois jeux une volonté assez nette de véhiculer une vision positive de l’engagement militaire américain à l’étranger et de l’adoption d’une doctrine de guerre préventive par les États-Unis au lendemain des attentats du 11 septembre 2001.Au-delà du travail réalisé sur les trois jeux Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, la méthode utilisée pour le mener à bien participe à proposer une approche qui prend en compte les multiples facettes de l’objet jeu vidéo pour en appréhender au mieux les possibilités de persuasionVideo games that directly or indirectly address real events transmit a certain vision of such events to their users. Be it thanks to the narratives on which they are based, the images users interact with, or gameplay and game structure specificities, some video games are inspired by real events as much as they (re)build those through the play experiences that they propose.In order to better understand this dynamic, this dissertation proposes a method of analysis that takes into account the three key components that constitute video games (narrative, audiovisual, game and play). This method is then applied to the three Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games (2007-2011). The contexts of production and reception are also taken into account in this analysis.This dissertation highlights the fact that, in addition to the exaltation of a militaristic, nationalist and patriotic ethos, the three Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games strive to convey a particularly positive image of American military actions abroad and of the adoption of a preventive warfare doctrine in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.The method applied to this corpus of games is also meant to propose an approach to this medium that takes into account its globality and complexity in order to better understand its persuasive possibilities
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Ruiz, B. Nadia V. "VIDEO GAME CREATION : Inhibitors and Enablers in Female Inclusion". Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160713.
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In 2012 and 2014, two hashtags, #1ReasonWhy and #GamerGate, exposed a highly sexist video game industry that was not welcoming female participation. This was affecting women working or wanting to work in it. Feminist technoscience studies explain this phenomenon by applying theories concerning the masculine domination of our society and the perception of women as “others.” Despite the numerous challenges and struggling for inclusion, women still create video games, many as independents, taking advantage of free game engines. Hence, my aim in this thesis was to understand the interconnections between technology, specifically in the video game industry, and its social impact. I focus on the balance of male and female participation in the video game creation, the role of game engines, and the enablers and inhibitors for female inclusion, as an important component of decision making for organizational change in this industry. I conducted an inductive qualitative research approach with eight semi-structured interviews with female video game creators from the Latin American region. My findings reveal that using free/affordable technology, such as game engines, is not enough to guarantee female inclusion in the video game industry. This industry is resistant to change and tends to reinforce male predominance by hiring only a specific type of worker that matches the perfect gamer, usually young males. The participation of women in the video game creation teams (which include developers, designers, artists, testers, among others) would bring balance, diversity, new voices and fresh/new ideas, as well as women empowerment to the table. In addition, eleven inhibitors and eight enablers were identified as factors for female inclusion in the video game industry.
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Leite, Patrícia da Silva. "Elementos de jogos digitais inclusivos para gameplay no contexto das pessoas com deficiência sob a perspectiva da interação corporificada". Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2017. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/2892.
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CAPESO ato de jogar é uma maneira de a pessoa que joga estar no mundo e entender o que a rodeia, de experimentar realidades diferentes e identificar-se com as discussões propiciadas pelo jogo. Utilizado como gerador de significados para a sociedade e para as pessoas, os jogos podem ser compreendidos como artefatos que devem ser acessíveis a todos os membros da sociedade, particularmente os jogos digitais, por serem uma das mídias que mais apresentam desdobramentos sociais, culturais, políticos e econômicos na atualidade. Na reflexão do papel sociocultural dos jogos digitais e sua relevância para as pessoas, surge a questão das pessoas com deficiência, sobre como essas pessoas utilizam os jogos digitais, como são dadas suas representações nos jogos digitais e como elas se envolvem no processo de desenvolvimento de jogos digitais. Neste contexto, a presente pesquisa utiliza como principal método a Análise Crítica para realizar discussões sobre as etapas de conceito e elaboração dos elementos fundamentais de jogos digitais inclusivos para o gameplay, sob a perspectiva das pessoas com deficiência e à luz da teoria Interação Corporificada. Deste modo, considerar os princípios de inclusão para abordar os elementos dos jogos e articular as etapas de desenvolvimento de jogos digitais inclusivos com a Interação Corporificada, evidenciam, nesta pesquisa, como novos conceitos e perspectivas podem contribuir para subsidiar o projeto de jogos que vão na direção da inclusão das pessoas com deficiência, não somente como jogadoras, mas também como personagens e desenvolvedoras de jogos. Estas percepções propiciam novas maneiras de pensar e desenvolver jogos digitais inclusivos, de modo que na construção destes artefatos sejam considerados os desdobramentos da utilização dos jogos na sociedade, que ocorre por meio das representações, dos valores e dos significados expressados por meio dos jogos.
The act of playing is a way for the player to be in the world and to understand what is around her, to experience different realities and to identify herself with the discussions provided by the game. Used as a generator of meanings for society and for people, games can be understood as artifacts that must be accessible to all members of society, particularly digital games, considering they are one of the most comprehensive technologies nowadays, through which social, cultural, political and economic discussions are held. Reflecting on the sociocultural role of digital games and their relevance to people, arises the question about people with disabilities, how these people use digital games, how they are represented in digital games, and how they are engaged in the process of digital games development. In this sense, the present research uses Critical Analysis as the main method to conduct discussions about the stages of concept and elaboration of the fundamental elements of inclusive digital games for gameplay, from the perspective of people with disabilities in the light of Embodied Interaction theory. Thus, considering the principles of inclusion to address the elements of games and articulate the stages of development of inclusive digital games with Embodied Interaction, argue, in this research, how new concepts and perspectives can contribute to support the design of games towards the inclusion of people with disabilities, not only as players, but also as characters and game developers. These perceptions provide new ways of thinking and developing inclusive digital games, so that in the construction of these artifacts are considered the repercussion of the use of games in society, which occurs through the representations, values and meanings expressed by the games.
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Cayatte, Rémi. "Les jeux vidéo américains de l’après 11 septembre 2001 : la guerre faite jeu, nouveau terrain de propagande idéologique ?" Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lorraine, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LORR0205.
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Les jeux vidéo qui abordent de manière explicite ou détournée des événements réels transmettentune certaine vision de tels événements à leurs utilisateurs. Que ce soit à travers les éléments de récitsur lesquels ils reposent, les images portées à l’écran ou leurs spécificités ludiques, certains jeuxvidéo s’inspirent ainsi du réel autant qu’ils (re)construisent ce dernier par l’intermédiaire desexpériences de jeu qu’ils proposent.Afin de mieux cerner les rouages et les mécanismes de ces jeux, nous avons pu proposer dans cetravail une méthode d’analyse qui prend en compte l’ensemble des éléments (narratifs, audiovisuels et ludiques) qui les constituent. Nous avons pu ensuite appliquer cette méthode aux trois jeux Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2007-2011). Une fois l’étude de ces éléments formels réalisée, nous avons replacé ces jeux dans leurs contextes de production et de réception.Nous avons ainsi pu mettre en lumière le fait que, à l’exaltation de sentiments militaristes, guerriers, nationalistes et patriotiques, s’ajoute dans ces trois jeux une volonté assez nette de véhiculer une vision positive de l’engagement militaire américain à l’étranger et de l’adoption d’une doctrine de guerre préventive par les États-Unis au lendemain des attentats du 11 septembre 2001.Au-delà du travail réalisé sur les trois jeux Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, la méthode utilisée pour le mener à bien participe à proposer une approche qui prend en compte les multiples facettes de l’objet jeu vidéo pour en appréhender au mieux les possibilités de persuasionVideo games that directly or indirectly address real events transmit a certain vision of such events to their users. Be it thanks to the narratives on which they are based, the images users interact with, or gameplay and game structure specificities, some video games are inspired by real events as much as they (re)build those through the play experiences that they propose.In order to better understand this dynamic, this dissertation proposes a method of analysis that takes into account the three key components that constitute video games (narrative, audiovisual, game and play). This method is then applied to the three Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games (2007-2011). The contexts of production and reception are also taken into account in this analysis.This dissertation highlights the fact that, in addition to the exaltation of a militaristic, nationalist and patriotic ethos, the three Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games strive to convey a particularly positive image of American military actions abroad and of the adoption of a preventive warfare doctrine in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.The method applied to this corpus of games is also meant to propose an approach to this medium that takes into account its globality and complexity in order to better understand its persuasive possibilities
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Lorentz, Pascaline. "La socialisation du joueur-adolescent : son voyage identitaire avec Les Sims®". Thesis, Strasbourg, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012STRAG013.
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Ce travail doctoral se propose de prendre pour objet un jeu vidéo très connu du grand public paradoxalement ignoré par la communauté scientifique alors que son premier opus fut distribué dès l’an 2000. Alors que les études précédemment réalisées sur les jeux vidéo portent principalement sur une pratique en ligne, nous avons voulu nous consacrer à un jeu hors-ligne afin de nous questionner sur la relation que le joueur entretient avec ses avatars dans cette configuration. En effet, quelle est la nature de cette relation entre le joueur et ses personnages ? Que se passe-t-il durant le jeu ? Que font les joueurs et pourquoi ? En étudiant les joueurs de Les Sims ainsi que leurs pratiques, nous avons pu mettre en évidence la présence d’une socialisation spécifique, la socialisation vidéo-ludique, via un processus particulier comportant différentes étapes. L’adolescence nous est apparue comme un moment de la vie à la charnière entre des temporalités socialisatrices favorisant la richesse de l’expérience de simulation et un âge de la vie où le jeu est encore socialement permis et même encouragé. Dans le but d’améliorer notre interprétation, nous avons dessiné un modèle théorique prenant la forme d’un voyage que le joueur effectue durant son activité. Ce voyage identitaire véhicule le processus de socialisation vidéo-ludique advenant au cours de la pratique de simulation de vie. En prenant du recul, et en ajoutant les résultats d’une enquête menée en parallèle de la recherche doctorale, nous avons complété notre modèle avec des explications relevant d’un niveau macro social. Notre objectif a été d’inscrire la pratique vidéo-ludique dans la globalité de la vie sociale du joueurIn many books, articles, conferences, we can read, hear, notice that gaming is helping the socialization process, that games are socializing tools and that is the reason why video games could be “good” for individuals (Greenfield, 1994 ; Taylor, 2002 ; Gee, 2003). But what is that socialization? What does this specific socialization is bringing to the overall understanding of the evolution of individuals in our societies? In one word: what is the video-ludological socialization? The concept of socialization is widely used by many disciplines such as Sociology, Social Psychology, Communication Sciences, Media Studies, Game Studies and Educational Studies and so forth. Socialization, which is the social process that makes a subject become a social being, is a key concept for understanding society and its functioning. That is why I scrutinize video-ludological socialization in this dissertation. To cast light on benefits of this specific socialization, no game is better than one simulating life which is also very popular: The Sims. For my research I overlooked praxis of teenagers gaming and how they utilize the gameplay to experiment social behaviours. In this thesis, I propose to explain what video gaming is bringing more than usual play by presenting findings of this study carried out in two steps with 180 teenagers from 12 to 16 years old.This video-ludological socialization, befalling through interacting, is part of the main socialization process which lasts during all the lifespan of individuals (Berger & Luckmann, 1966). In my research, I demonstrated that gaming with The Sims channels the video-ludological socialization process and that gaming plays an active role in gamers’ social lives
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Jakobsson, Joel y Sara Ullman. "The role-playing game Final Fantasy 7 and English vocabulary development". Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-30830.
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Abstract In this study, the role-playing game Final Fantasy 7 was analysed in regards of its qualities for English language development. Areas concerning language, specifically vocabulary, and video games explored in this study were academic words, words that express time, collocations, frequency, and keywords. Other areas investigated in this study are video games in connection to the syllabus for English, students’ outside of school interests, and implications for teaching. Data from a corpus-based vocabulary analysis showed that the players of Final Fantasy 7 will encounter a rich variety of words and linguistic features. Further, the text of Final Fantasy 7 shares a lot of the same qualities with texts from English 5 and 6, concerning academic words. Although, an analysis of keywords in the game and in the school texts also showed some differences, mainly in terms of grammatical variations, which indicate that Final Fantasy 7 can function as a complement to typical school texts.
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Yan, Jingjing. "Gender and computer games / video games : girls’ perspective orientation". Thesis, Gotland University, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-575.
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The topic of this thesis is “Gender Differences in Computer games/ Video games Industry”. Due to rapid development in technology and popularization of computers all around the world, computer games have already become a kind of common entertainment. Because computer games were designed especially for boys at the very beginning, there are still some remaining barriers when training female game designers and expanding game markets among female players.This thesis is mainly based on two studies which have enormous contributions to gender issue in computer games area. A simple model is established by summarizing factors mentioned and discussed in those two books. The main purpose consists of two comparisons under Gender Differences: one comparison is between the current data with the previous one, in order to check whether there are any changes during the past 10 years. The other one compares the young people in two regions, Sweden and China, in computer games perspective.Model designing, test, questionnaire and interview methods are used in this paper aiming to collect and categorize the data, which facilitates to analyze the results of the comparisons. The results reflect that although computer becomes a familiar “friend” in modern daily life, there are not obvious changes of girls‟ perspectives in computer game industry. Certainly, there are some differences between the young people coming from two regions which will be expounded in the thesis.
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Modin, Erik y Hanna Nordin. "Våld, sexism & rasism : En litteraturstudie om normer i data- och TV-spel och deras påverkan". Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-162096.
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An objective of this study is to investigate what current research states regarding how violent, sexist, and racist norms in video games affects the player over time. Another objective is to investigate in what way the current longitudinal research takes different aspects of game design and the player’s context into consideration. This was done by conducting a systematic literature review. The findings suggest that current longitudinal research has focused on violent norms in video games, and that a few or no longitudinal studies have investigated how sexist and racist norms affect the player. The findings also suggest a connection between playing violent video games and aggression. However, the cause for this effect and how powerful it is, is yet not concluded. These issues and suggestions for further research are discussed.
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Munir, Sundas y Mirza Sanam Iqbal Baig. "Challenges and Security Aspects of Blockchain Based Online Multiplayer Games". Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för informationsteknologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-38771.
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Video gaming has always been a blooming industry. With the emergence of online multi- player video games , this industry’s worth have sky rocketed. Online multiplayer video games store data of player’s credentials, in-game progress, in-game virtual assets and payment details etc. Which mean security threats to these systems are nothing new and securing these games have always meant to protect player’s data from unauthorized breach. Integration of Blockchain technology in online multiplayer video games apart from other amazing features, provides a way to prove digital ownership of virtual assets with their verifiable scarcity. Trade of these in-game virtual assets have always been a goal for online multiplayer gaming companies, but there was none enough trust-able infrastructure available which can be relied on. Blockchain just solved that problem. It provided a platform for these asset’s secure and transparent transaction between players. Topic for our research not only consider the security challenges in online games but specifi- cally blockchain based online multiplayer games. This adaptation is still new and there is need of consideration of new security challenges. In this dissertation we try to bring out some important challenges related to security of blockchain based online multiplayer video games. There are currently no studies around security concerns and challenges of the integration of the online multiplayer video games in the emerging blockchain systems. In order to fill in the gap, this dissertation discusses and identifies two main security concerning questions related to this domain. Also this dissertation provides basic steps for expanding future research and application in this joint domain.
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Nøsterud, Øivind. "Mobile and Social Video Games : Prototype, Concepts, and Evaluation". Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-8903.
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The main goal of this project was to create new game concepts for mobile and social games. The project was a continuation of the depth study performed by the project in the course TDT 4570, Game Technology, at NTNU. The focus of this project was slightly more shifted toward the social side of mobile multiplayer games compared to the depth study. Additionally the project group were to create a prototype game using one of the concepts implemented in Java ME. The project group performed a prestudy of the technologies required to create the prototype(such as Java ME and features specific to mobile phones, such as location), as well as looking at games from a general viewpoint, but also by looking more closely at mobile and social games, current game genres, and multiplayer games available on mobile platforms and looking at how these games implement social game mechanisms. Several concepts were conceived and described during the project, with concepts from both the depth study and concepts created specifically in this project. The textit{Platform-puzzler} concept was chosen to be implemented as the prototype game. The prototype game is a 2D side scrolling platform multiplayer platform game with puzzle elements. The game was implemented in a development process, and at the end of the process the game was tested by two testers not from the project group. The test allowed the project group to assess how it performed in a simulated setting using emulators, as well as testing to see how the cooperative elements of the game performed, and additionally the test was performed in two sessions were in the first session the two testers were located in the same room, whereas in the second test the were located in the same room. The test session performed on the prototype indicated to the project group that there for the prototype game there were quite clear differences between playing the game in the same versus playing the game in different rooms. This indicates further that special care must be taken when designing and creating cooperative games for mobile platforms. The additional research performed by the project group also indicate to the project group that creating mobile and social games for mobile platforms is highly viable, and that social gameplay mechanisms can strengthen the experience of playing games.
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Cachide, Olga Rute Gil Lemos de Albuquerque Carvalho. "Violence and video games in youngsters' lives". Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/2838.
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Mestrado em Línguas, Literaturas e CulturasO presente trabalho propõe-se divulgar o impacto que os vídeo jogos têm na vida dos pré-adolescentes e adolescentes; quais os seus vídeo jogos preferidos e o controlo que pais e lojas exercem sobre o uso de vídeo jogos por parte destes adolescentes. Este trabalho também visa contribuir para o debate em curso sobre uma possível associação entre o consumo de vídeo jogos violentos e comportamentos agressivos e violentos. Depois de estudar a literatura existente sobre os possíveis efeitos da exposição à violência transmitida pelos meios de comunicação, foram conduzidos questionários e entrevistas com alunos de diversas faixas etárias. Os resultados demonstram que os vídeo jogos são o meio de entretenimento mais extensivamente utilizado pelos jovens, confirmando a ideia de que afectam a sua vida de diferentes maneiras. Através da análise do conteúdo dos vídeo jogos mais jogados, demonstra-se como a violência está explicitamente expressa e como os jogos são projectados para ser viciantes. Estes resultados abrem caminho para posterior pesquisa sobre os efeitos sociais e culturais dos vídeo jogos. ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the impact of video games on the lives of youngsters; their prime video games, and the control that parents and shops exert over the use of video games by youngsters. It also aims at contributing to the ongoing debate about media effects by analyzing a probable association between violent video games and violent and aggressive behaviours. After studying the existing literature on the effects of exposure to media violence, questionnaires and interviews were conducted with students of different age groups in order to determine the impact that videogames have on their lives. It was found that video games are indeed the most extensively-used entertainment media among youngsters, confirming the view that they affect young people’s lives in several ways. Through content analysis of the prime video games, it is demonstrated how violence is explicitly expressed and how these games are designed to be addictive. These findings lead the way to more extensive studies on the social and cultural effects of videogames.
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Kim, Jung K. "The influence of flow experience on video games and agression". Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1371467.
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The relationships between violent content and aggression have not been fully understood and explained in video game research literature. This study sought to determine if video game players" flow experience--a psychological absorption—explains the aggression that can follow video game playing. Employing a survey, this project sought to determine if relationships existed among degrees of violence portrayed in video games, degrees of flow experience, and subsequent aggressive attitudes after gaming. In this study, it was determined that a player's flow experience is more strongly correlated with aggression than is the violent content of video games. Moreover, contradicting the common belief that the video game companies make more profit by increasing the quantity of violent content, there is actually no significant relationship between violence and purchase of video games. However, along the same lines of Hoffman and Novak (1977), this study discovered an increase in purchasing intent related to flow experiences in video games.Department of Telecommunications
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Meyers, Kelly Stephen. "Video games, aggression, and the new ESRB ratings system". Scholarly Commons, 1997. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2631.
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The current study sought to accomplish three goals: (a) examine the short term effects of the current hi-tech aggressive video games on children who play them; (b) improve upon the methodology of previous studies by using a combination of self-report, physiological (heart rate), and behavioral observations (Bobo doll aggression) together in one study; and (c) examine how the new Entertainment Software Rating Board's (ESRB) ratings system relates to aggression in children who have played aggressive and non-aggressive video games. It was hypothesized that (a) playing video games which depict interpersonal aggression would lead to increased aggression in children, and that (b) the ESRB rating system is useful but incomplete as it relates to post-video game aggression differences. Specifically, games which involve very high levels of interpersonal aggression as their main theme are sometimes given the same classification (rating) as a game containing no or very little aggression. The current study expected to find that the game content rather than game classification predicts post-game aggression on the part of the player. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Alvarez, Julian. "Du jeu vidéo au serious game : approches culturelle, pragmatique et formelle". Toulouse 2, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007TOU20077.
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Cette thèse s’inscrit à la frontière de l'informatique et des sciences humaines et traite de la conception de serious games et de leur utilisation dans des contextes d'apprentissage ciblés. Nous entendons par serious game, une application informatique, dont l'intention initiale est de combiner, avec cohérence, à la fois des aspects sérieux (Serious) tels, de manière non exhaustive et non exclusive, l'enseignement, l'apprentissage, la communication, l'information, etc, avec des ressorts ludiques issus du jeu vidéo (Game). Un serious game résulte ainsi pour nous de l'intégration d'un scénario pédagogique avec un jeu vidéo. Notre problématique consiste à appréhender comment cette mise en relation s'opère. Après avoir exploré les principaux champs d'application du serious game et défini ce dernier, l'étude de la problématique s'effectue en 3 temps au travers des systèmes culturel, pragmatique et formel au sens défini par Salen et Zimmerman. Le système culturel sous-tend une approche transversale. Il est exploré par un retour d'expérience qui a consisté à développer un serious game. Nous appréhendons en particulier la complexité et la multitude des paramètres qui interviennent dans une telle réalisation. Le système pragmatique, dans un second temps, recentre notre approche en privilégiant l'étude du jeu et de l'apprentissage. L'objet étant d'identifier une forme de pédagogie qui puisse prendre en compte l'utilisation d'un serious game. Avec le système formel, nous nous focalisons sur le gameplay qui assure selon Jean-Noël Portugal le lien entre apprentissage et jeu vidéo. Ceci nous amène notamment à analyser dans un contexte principalement informatique, certaines des règles qui gèrent le jeu vidéo et à concevoir une classification de cet objet par le gameplay. Puis nous comparons les règles du scénario pédagogique et celles du jeu vidéo et tentons d'observer si nous sommes réellement avec le serious game face à un nouveau type d'application informatiqueThis thesis is situated on the border of the Computer Science and the Social Sciences. It concerns the conception of Serious Games and their use within the context of targeted learning. By a Serious Game we mean a computer application, whose initial intention is to combine coherently the serious aspects (Serious) in a neither exhaustive nor exclusive manner, with instruction, learning, communication or further on information, assorted with the playing aspect of Video Games (Game). A Serious Game is thus for us a way to integrate an educational scenario into a Video Game. Our questioning will lead us to see how this relationship will be realized. After having examined the principal mains of application of the Serious Game and having defined it, the study of this questioning is realized in three phases concerning the cultural, pragmatic and formal systems in accordance with the Game Designers Salen and Zimmerman. Thus the cultural system means a transversal approach. It is explored by the development of a Serious Games. We particularly try to understand the complexity and the multitude of parameters that come up at different levels during such a realization, during the phases of conception, production and use. The pragmatic system allows us subsequently to refocus our approach and study the game and educational aspects. The aim is to identify a form of pedagogy that takes into account the use of a Serious Game. The formal system, at last, leads us to close our field of investigation and focus on the Gameplay which according to Jean-Noël Portugal is a link between the learning and the Video Game. This leads us in particular to analyse within a computer context, some of the game rules and to conceive a classification of these games. Once this classification realized, we then compare the rules of the pedagogical screenplay and those of the Video Game. At this stage of this study we try to observe if Serious Game is a new kind of computer application offering its own characteristics, or if we are facing of Video Game
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Spoors, Glen R. "Meaning and emotion in Squaresoft's Final Fantasy X: Re-theorising realism and identification in video games". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2005. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/619.
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This thesis takes the position that traditional theories of "realism" and "identification" misrepresent the relationships between players and videogames, and that a cross·disciplinary approach is needed. It uses Ed Tan's (1997) and Torben Grodal's (1997) analyses of narrative, cognition, and emotion in film as a basis for interrogating existing research on, and providing a working model of, video gameplay. It develops this model through an extended account of Squaresoft's adventure role-playing game Final Fantasy X (FFX) (2001), whose hybrid narrative and game macrostructures foreground many of the problems associated with video games. The chapters respectively address; existing research on video games; how perceptual qualities of the interface determine the reality status of gameplay; how narrative and game codes regulate or retard interest; FFX's henneneutic coding of reality; the dual narrative and game coding of video game characters; the uses and limits of the psychoanalytic concept of identification when analysing video games; how gameplay promotes empathetic emotions towards characters; how players develop empathetic emotions towards themselves; and how the disjunctive quality of play may have un existential quality.
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Setterstrom, Andrew John. "Social Influence and Willingness to Pay for Online Video Games". OpenSIUC, 2011. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/319.
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Business models integrating the internet into their value propositions have demonstrated varying levels of viability. In particular, firms offering information-based products via the internet commonly are unable to generate sufficient revenue and, consequently, experience financial losses. Researchers continue to examine factors which motivate individuals' willingness-to-pay for online content. One factor from the marketing literature which has been argued to affect consumer behavior is social influence. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of the three levels of social influence, micro-, meso-, and macro-, on both willingness-to-pay for online content and each other. This is accomplished by examining social influence in the context of online gaming, which has proven to be one of the most successful industries in integrating the internet as a delivery channel for information-based goods. Our results suggested that all levels of social influence play a considerable role in the product valuation process. While micro-level influences, such as attitude, arguably serve as the best predictors of WTP, we found that macro-level social influence, in the form of reputation, played the greatest role in affecting the formation of individual attitudes and behaviors. This was due not only to its direct effect on WTP, but also a consequence of several significant indirect effects. Our hypothesis that an interaction effect occurs between social influences such that their effect on WTP would be "greater than the sum of their parts" was not supported. Nonetheless, our study demonstrates social influence's ability to affect an individual is not a straight forward process. Only examining the relationships between constructs occurring at different levels of social structure does the magnitude of interaction which occurs between them becomes apparent.
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Chan, Holing Sarah y 陳可苓. "The associations between video gaming, sleep, and neuropsychological functioning in Hong Kong children". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209534.
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This study examined the associations between video gaming, sleep, and neuropsychological functioning. A total of 143 mother-children dyads were included in the study. The children’s neurocognitive functions were measured using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children– Fourth Edition (Hong Kong), the Test of Everyday Attention for Children (TEA-Ch), and the Grooved Pegboard Test. Sleep quality was measured by the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Problematic behaviors were measured using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). It was found that (1) more video gaming was associated with poorer subjective sleep quality and shorter total bed time, but not any actual reported sleep time or any domains of problematic sleep in children, (2) playing video games before bed was not associated with more sleep problems in children, (3) children with more sleep problems were perceived to have more internalizing and externalizing behaviors, (4) sleep problem was negatively associated with tests of perceptual reasoning abilities, and had a moderating effect on the relationship between video-gaming and a hand-eye coordination task. Results implied video gaming might not be predominantly bad for children, and the use of it as a training tool must target specific cognitive skills in order to be effective. Children’s sleep problems should be part of a clinical computation and adequately addressed.published_or_final_version
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Mickelson, Carol Smith. "Do aggressive video games cause increased cardiovascular response?" Scholarly Commons, 1997. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2317.
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There has been concern and controversy in recent years pertaining to the effects that video games have on the player. This study examined physiological and psychological responses to video game play, as well as the interplay between the two domains of response. The primary purpose of this study was to determine if there is a difference in cardiovascular response (measured by heart rate and blood pressure levels) between aggressive and nonaggressive video game play. In addition, self-report of perceived arousal and hostility levels were assessed following completion of both levels of video game play. Physiological resting baselines for heart rate and blood pressure were determined prior to both levels of play. A mean heart rate was recorded for each 2-min interval while 16 male participants played both an aggressive and a nonaggressive video game for a period of 18- min each. Blood pressure levels were again assessed postplay. Following each level of video game play psychological tests (perceived arousal and hostility levels) were administered. Results show a main effect for type of video game on heart rate, with heart rate significantly higher in the aggressive game than in the nonaggressive game. In addition, a main effect for intervals was also significant, with heart rate increasing over time. No siqnificant differences were found between levels for blood pressure, perceived arousal, and hostility scores. The only significant correlation resulted between post-diastolic blood pressure measure and the hostility subscale of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List. Implications for future research are discussed.
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Chen, Renee Chia-Lei. "Autoethnographic Research through Storytelling in Animation and Video Games". The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1461270639.
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Djordjevic, Jelena. "YOUNG MEN'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS COMPUTER- AND VIDEO GAMES. AN INTERVIEW STUDY ABOUT YOUNG MEN’S EXPERIENCES OF COMPUTER- AND VIDEO GAMES". Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26768.
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Kunskapen om TV- och datorspelmissbruk bland ungdomar är idag väldigt begränsad. Stillasittande/fysisk inaktivitet, som TV- och datorspel ofta innebär och som kan innebära negativa konsekvenser, blir allt vanligare. En semistrukturerad intervjustudie har genomförts på sju män i åldersgruppen 17-29 år i syfte att undersöka drivkrafterna bakom mäns spelbeteende i tonåren. Dessutom har information om spelmissbruk bland ungdomar inhämtats av fyra yrkesverksamma inom spelområdet. Detta samt kopplingar mellan TV- och datorspel och spel om pengar har gjorts p g a bristen på forskning om TV- och datorspel. De före detta spelmissbrukarna har kategoriserats som fritidsspelare och spelproblematiker (som lyckats sluta missbruka spel på egen hand), samt spelberoende, som fått avstå helt från spel för att få ett slut på sitt missbruk, medan övriga än idag kan spela i måttlig och ytterst liten mängd. Verklig och upplevd kontroll över sig själva och omgivningen har varit viktiga determinanter för informanternas spelmissbruk. Anledningarna till att de slutade/minskade på spelandet är att de i huvudsak tappade intresset för spel (dock inte helt), fick andra prioriteringar och/eller inte ville få återfall där de återgår till sitt gamla missbruksbeteende. Spelandet har haft en funktion som flykt från en problematisk livssituation, vilken med tiden endast förvärrats för de spelberoende parallellt med missbruket. Även upplevelsen av direkt, tillfällig tillfredsställelse har varit en stor drivkraft samtidigt som det har lett till spelmissbruket. Det tidsödande fritidsintresset fick konsekvenser på den psykiska och fysiska hälsan och beteendet, utvecklingen, relationer till närstående, familjesituationen, skolgången, den sociala etableringen samt den socioekonomiska situationen, vilket sammanfattningsvis ledde till att informanterna utvecklade en ohälsosam och ofta destruktiv livsstil.The knowledge of computer- and video game abuse and addiction among young people is very limited today. The sedentary lifestyle and physical inactivity that computer- and video games often involve can have negative consequences, and are becoming more common. A semi-structured interview was conducted on seven men between the ages of 17-29 in order to examine the driving forces behind men’s gaming behavior in their adolescence. In addition, information about game abuse among young people was gathered from professionals in the area of computer- and video games. This and links between computer- and video games and gambling have been made due to the lack of research on video and computer games. The former video game addicts have been categorized as recreational players, game problematics (who by themselves managed to stop abusing games) and game addicts, who have completely abstained from gaming to put an end to their addiction, while the others still play moderately and very little today. Actual and perceived control over themselves and their environment has been important determinants for the player’s former addiction. The reason why they stopped/decreased the gaming is essentially because they lost interest in games (not completely though), got other priorities and/or did not want to relapse and return to old problematic behavior. Gaming as an escape from a problematic life situation was a common feature among the addicts. The situation for the game addicts only worsened with time along with their game abuse. Although the experience of direct, incidental satisfaction has been a major driving force, it simultaneously led to game abuse. The time-consuming leisure activity had consequences on the mental and physical health, behavior and social development, as well as on the relationships to relatives, family situation, school attendance, social establishment and socioeconomic situation. To sum up, the informants developed an unhealthy and often destructive lifestyle because of the game habits.
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Cicchirillo, Vincent J. "The effects of priming racial stereotypes through violent video games". Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1243867231.
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Whaley, Benjamin Evan. "Beyond 8-bit : trauma and social relevance in Japanese video games". Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/59078.
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This dissertation examines three Japanese video games, each of which critically engages with a different social issue or national trauma important to Japan. I argue that video games are important not only as cultural phenomena, but because, as media, they can and do bring about profound positive emotional and behavioral changes in our lives. This project builds on current research in Japanese studies and game studies by elucidating how narrative and gameplay
mechanics communicate practical knowledge to potential victims, and how playing a game might instill both an understanding of one’s own life and empathy for the lives of others. Each chapter contains an analysis of a socially relevant video game and a corresponding discussion of the specific hallmarks of Japanese game design that promote players’ empathetic engagement.
Chapter one analyzes natural disaster trauma in the PlayStation survival game Disaster Report (Irem, 2002, 2003 North America). I discuss how the game teaches real-world survival skills to players, and how it uses “limited engagement,” or a form of enforced vulnerability, to simulate what it would be like to survive an earthquake. Chapter two examines anxiety over Japan’s declining birthrate and aging population as represented in the puzzle game Catherine (Atlus, 2011). I introduce the concept of self-reflexivity or “distanced engagement” to contend that players critically reflect on their own lives through the act of answering in-game opinion polls about marriage and childbirth. Finally, chapter three investigates the working through of post-traumatic stress and wartime atrocities in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions, 2015). I illustrate how the game deploys ludic strategies of “external engagement” to encourage a merging of the player’s lived experience with the actions of the in-game protagonist. The result is that players feel more direct involvement in the game content. In sum, these affective tools simulate and allow players to “experience” different social situations to which they are unaccustomed, prompt them to critically reflect on their lives and values along the way, and, just maybe, help them transport what they have learned outside the confines of the game in order to enrich their everyday lives.Arts, Faculty of
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Sutterfield, Curtis T. "The relationship between video game user and character". Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1337637.
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This thesis identifies and explores the types of communication modes that exist in video games. Different types of communication are identified and discussed based on Frye's audience centered theory of modes. The inferior communication mode, the mimetic communication mode, the leader-centered communication mode, the romantic communication mode, and the mythical communication mode are all explained. A convenience sample of six video game players were interviewed about video games. An analysis of their self-identification statements revealed that players seek a high level of romantic communication when playing video games. The romantic communication mode makes the video game world an idealized place where the players are able to manipulate their circumstances or show more intelligence than the user in reality. Uses of the communication modes are also explained.Department of Telecommunications
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Blackburn, Jeremy. "An Analysis of (Bad) Behavior in Online Video Games". Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5412.
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This dissertation studies bad behavior at large-scale using data traces from online video games. Video games provide a natural laboratory for exploring bad behavior due to their popularity, explicitly defined (programmed) rules, and a competitive nature that provides motivation for bad behavior. More specifically, we look at two forms of bad behavior: cheating and toxic behavior.
Cheating is most simply defined as breaking the rules of the game to give one player an edge over another. In video games, cheating is most often accomplished using programs, or "hacks," that circumvent the rules implemented by game code. Cheating is a threat to the gaming industry in that it diminishes the enjoyment of fair players, siphons off money that is paid to cheat creators, and requires investment in anti-cheat technologies.
Toxic behavior is a more nebulously defined term, but can be thought of as actions that violate social norms, especially those that harm other members of the society. Toxic behavior ranges from insults or harassment of players (which has clear parallels to the real world) to domain specific instances such as repeatedly "suiciding"" to help an enemy team. While toxic behavior has clear parallels to bad behavior in other online domains, e.g., cyberbullying, if gone unchecked it has the potential to "kill" a game by driving away its players.
We first present a distributed architecture and reference implementation for the collection and analysis of large-scale social data. Using this implementation we then study the social structure of over 10 million gamers collected from a planetary scale Online Social Network, about 720 thousand of whom have been labeled cheaters, finding a significant correlation between social structure and the probability of partaking in cheating behavior. We additionally collect over half a billion daily observations of the cheating status of these gamers. Using about 10 months of detailed server logs from a community owned and operated game server we next analyze how relationships in the aforementioned online social network are backed by in-game interactions. Next, we use the insights gained and find evidence for a contagion process underlying the spread of cheating behavior and perform a data driven simulation using mathematical models for contagion. Finally, we build a model using millions of crowdsourced decisions for predicting toxic behavior in online games.
To the best of our knowledge, this dissertation presents the largest study of bad behavior to date. Our findings confirm theories about cheating and unethical behavior that have previously remained untested outside of controlled laboratory experiments or only with small, survey based studies. We find that the intensity of interactions between players is a predictor of a future relationship forming. We provide statistically significant evidence for cheating as a contagion. Finally, we extract insights from our model for detecting toxic behavior on how human reviewers perceive the presence and severity of bad behavior.
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Lianekhammy, Joann. "The Influence of Video Games on Adolescent Brain Activity". UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/12.
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The current study examined electrical brain activation in adolescent participants playing three different video games. Forty-five school aged children (M=14.3 years, SD=1.5) were randomly assigned to play either a violent game, non-violent game, or a non-violent game specifically designed to "train" the brain. Electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded during video game play. Results revealed an asymmetric right hemisphere activation in the alpha band for participants in violent game group, while those in the non-violent groups exhibited left hemispheric activation. Greater right activation in emotion literature denotes signs of withdrawal or avoidance from undesired stimulus. Implications of this finding as well as other findings related to electrical brain activation during video game play is discussed further in the manuscript.
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Yu, Shu. "Internet gaming disorder :its assessment and interplay with need satisfaction, maladaptive cognitions, and cognitive-behavioral skills". Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3953562.
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Oßwald, Silvia. "Determinants of prosocial behavior : moral prototypes, social norms and prosocial video games". Aachen Shaker, 2008. http://d-nb.info/988688263/04.
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Osswald, Silvia. "Determinants of prosocial behavior moral prototypes, social norms and prosocial video games". Aachen Shaker, 2007. http://d-nb.info/988688263/04.
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Kidd, Stan. "Investigation of the use of video games to detect alcohol-impaired performance". Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41549.
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The objective of the present study was to investigate the use of a video game task in comparison to _a pursuit tracking task for the purpose of· detecting alcohol impairment. To carry out this objective, the two tasks used in this study were compared for difficulty in Phase I. The conclusions from Phase I are: 1) that subjects selected higher RPM's to represent a higher level of difficulty, and 2) that the higher RPM's selected resulted in decreased performance compared to lower RPM's. Performance on the two tasks under various levels of BAC was then measured in Phase II. The general conclusions from Phase II are: 1) that performance of both tasks was significantly affected by BAC and Difficulty, and 2) that a greater decrement in performance due to BAC was observed for the video game task than for the pursuit tacking task. The results and implications of the two phases of research will be discussed further in the following two subsections.Master of Science
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Bishop, Kaelyn, Hannah Mathely, Andy Asllani, Joseph Barnet, Andrea Dr Clements y Kent Dr Norman. "Perception and Acceptability of Violence in Video Games, Movies, and News". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2018/schedule/203.
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It is imperative to know how violent material is perceived when presented over various media platforms and how acceptable these violent acts are in video games with different ESRB ratings. With the current debate surrounding the relationship between video games and violence, it is important to understand perception of violence in different media and acceptability of violent acts in video games of different ratings. This will allow a more accurate discussion on the impact of violent acts in video games as compared to other media which will help determine how to best proceed in eliminating causal factors of violence as well as influencing the production of new video games. It was expected that violent acts would be perceived as most violent in news, followed by movies, and least violent in video games. It was also expected that more violent acts would be seen as acceptable in video games rated mature rather than teen. Participants were gathered at University of Maryland from two classes and SONA. They were administered a survey to determine their video game usage and demographic information. Perception of violence in the news, movies, and video games was measured using a 9-point Likert Scale that ranged from 1-”harmless” to 9“horrifying.” Acceptability was measured by asking if particular violent acts were viewed as acceptable for teen ratings or mature ratings in video games. These acts ranged from mostly harmless to extremely brutal. In general, news was perceived as the most violent followed by movies then video games. The mean perceived violence in Video Games was 4.74 (SD=1.64), in Movies 5.05 (SD=1.68), and in News media 5.77 (SD=1.67). As expected, violent acts were better tolerated in games rated mature than games rated teen. The mean number of acts judged "unacceptable" (not marked as unacceptable) for Teen was 19.31 and for Mature it was only 8.81 (p<.001).
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Behrenshausen, Bryan G. "Touching is Good: An Eidetic Phenomenology of Interface, Interobjectivity, and Interaction in Nintendo's "Animal Crossing: Wild World"". Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2007. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/BehrenshausenBG2007.pdf.
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Wood, Kevin R. "Simulation Video Games as Learning Tools: An Examination of Instructor Guided Reflection on Cognitive Outcomes". Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/msit_diss/77.
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Simulation video games potentially offer students the opportunity to participate in activities designed to bring about higher order thinking. Gee (2005b, 2007) elucidates that without the guidance of instructors, humans involved in a simulation experience have a high probability of finding creative but spurious patterns and generalizations that send learners down miseducative paths. The focus of this study is an examination of the function of instructor guided reflection and prior participant interest and exposure to video games in promoting affective and cognitive learning during participant use of single and multiplayer simulation video games in the classroom. One hundred twenty- eight students enrolled in World History classes at a suburban high school located in the Southeastern United States participated in this research study. Participants completed a survey of their interest and prior exposure to video games, played a tutorial of the simulation video game, played a single player or multiplayer version of the game with or without instructor guided reflection, and completed a posttest of reasoning and knowledge ability. The researcher used independent samples t tests, analysis of variance, and descriptive statistical analysis in combination with qualitative methods outlined by Miles and Huberman (1994) to analyze the data. Thomas (2003) described the mixed methodology used to analyze and interpret the data in this research study.
Quantitative analysis of the data revealed that participants who engaged in both reflection and multiplayer groups scored significantly higher on posttest of reasoning ability at the .05 level. Furthermore, qualitative analysis revealed that participants in the multiplayer and reflection treatment groups were more likely to be engaged in the lesson, participate in more cognitive discussions, and made more connections to the large context of the lesson. Participants with a high level of prior interest in video games scored significantly higher on a posttest of reasoning ability at the .05 level of significance and were more likely to participate actively during the lesson. The findings from this study suggest the need for teaching educators to utilize reflective and collaborative practices in the incorporation of digital technology in the classroom.
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Bailie, Brian Jacob-Paul. "Everquest, reality, and postmodern theories of community". CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3254.
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EverQuest is a multiplayer online role playing game that serves as a practical incarnation of life as a cyborg in a posthuman community. Using cultural materialsim, this thesis demonstrates how the words of EverQuest interactants - from message boards, interviews, and player in-game communications - construct the world of EverQuest and the roles of the interactants as its citizens. More specifically, this thesis will argue that the EverQuest world serves to reify the ideas of consumer capitalism that informs the "real" world, even as EverQuest itself promises an escape from that world.
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Behrmann, Erika M. "Simulated Social Justice? Paradoxical Discourse and Decision-Making Within Educational Video Games Designed For Social Change". Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1491499376185639.
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Cheung, Mei Fung Meily. "The role of video game in the cultivation of literacy : a medium perspective". HKBU Institutional Repository, 2009. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1053.
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Alhidari, Abdullah. "Co-Creating Value in Video Games: The Impact of Gender Identity and Motivations on Video Game Engagement and Purchase Intentions". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799485/.
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When games were first developed for in-home use, they were primarily targeted almost exclusively at children and males. However, today’s marketplace manifests a more diverse population plays Internet-enabled games that can be played virtually anywhere. The average gamer is now 30 years old. Many gamers, obviously, are much older. Yet more strikingly, and more germane to this study’s purpose, 47% of the U.S. gamer population is female, as compared to 40% in 2010. Despite these trends the gaming industry remains a male-dominated culture. The marketer’s job is to facilitate game engagement and to motivate gamers to play. The notion of “engagement” is not new in business. The term was developed in the last decade. Many studies were devoted to understand, explain, and define the term. It suggests that within interactive, dynamic business environments, consumer engagement (CE) represents a strategic position that companies can use to enhance their sales growth, competitive advantage, and profitability. Moreover, there are three levels of engagement in any experiential consumption (i.e., playing video game): presence, flow, and psychological absorption. The findings of this study affirm that consumer engagement, including presence, flow and psychological absorption are explanatory factors that impact gamer’s purchase intentions. Our results show that consumers experience different mental engagement in an interactive environment (i.e., playing video games) compared to passive environments (i.e., visiting a website). These findings change our understanding of consumers’ engagement and flow state. We also found that male and female gamers experience different engagement level. However, we did not find a significant result that masculinity and femininity traits impact gamers’ engagement or intention. We argue that macroeconomic factors results in sales fluctuation may have resulted in reject in this hypothesis. Thus, marketers shed a light into the consumer’s interactive environment and flow states in that environments. Consumers not only determine the value in using a product as Vargo and Lusch suggested, but they also create that value. Also, consumer experience is an ongoing process that does not have a specific point to start, making the value creation a temporally accumulative process that includes past, present, and future experience. Therefore, the value created by consumers is not created while physically interacting with a device to play, but it may include imagined and indirect interaction with the product. Therefore, consumers (i.e., gamers) need to maintain a balance between presence and psychological absorption (i.e., flow) to get the best experience in play video gaming. Empirical evidence suggest that consumers’ flow state engagement is the most important variable in determining their ensuing purchase intention for video games, regardless of game genre.
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Burnett, William Dayl. "An Exploration of Salient Performance Aspects of Three Selected Works for Solo Trombone by William Goldstein, Nino Rota and Richard Peaslee". Scholarly Repository, 2010. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/388.
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This essay will explore the salient performance characteristics of three selected works for solo trombone by major composers of popular media. The works selected for this study are Colloquy for Solo Trombone and Symphonic Band by William Goldstein, Concerto for Trombone in C Major by Nino Rota, and Arrows of Time by Richard Peaslee. These composers have written extensively for television, motion pictures, theater, and dance. In addition to their significant popular media repertoire, these three composers have made a significant contribution to the solo trombonist's repertoire. Although these works have been performed, recorded, produced, and reviewed, they have not been studied together as a group, nor have they been established in the general repertoire for solo trombone.