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“I need a Wii”: Motivations and experiences of playing videogames,

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Research on videogames has largely focused on their negative effects on aggressive attitudes and behaviours (e.g., Anderson & Bushman, 20 …

Putting the “fun factor” into gaming: Influences of social motivations and contexts on experiences and outcomes of playing videogames,

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The increasingly social nature of gaming suggests the importance of understanding its affective and psychological outcomes. The current r …

Behind the Avatar: The Patterns, Practices, and Functions of Role Playing in MMOs,

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A two-part quantitative and qualitative study of role players within a virtual game world examined their prevalence, practices, and ident …

Cash Trade in Free-to-Play Online Games,

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The rapidly expanding “free-to-play” online game payment model represents a huge shift in digital game commercialization, with cash payme …

Computer Games and Sociocultural Play: An Activity Theoretical Perspective,

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Various forms of play emerge around computer games. These types of play, known as out-of-game play or extrinsic play, take place beyond t …

Cybersexuality in MMORPGs: Virtual Sexual Revolution Untapped,

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This study explores the mechanics and perceptions of cybersex interactions in massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) a …

Digital Games and Escapism,

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Digital games are often viewed as being inherently escapist on two counts. First, they are the shining proponents of cutting edge virtual …

Embodied Metaphors: Exposing Informatic Control Through First-Person Shooters,

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This article argues that the game player’s epiphany when regaining control after an aporia is similar to the metaphorical awareness of th …

The Game Body: Toward a Phenomenology of Contemporary Video Gaming,

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Synthesizing research in philosophy and phenomenology, this article offers a sympathetic critique of Vivian Sobchack’s view of digital mo …

Game Scenes: Theorizing Digital Game Audiences,

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This article develops and expands on earlier work of the authors, which posits the idea of considering gamers as a (media) audience–enab …