video games Flashcards
Why video games?
tunnel vision
different sensation; interactive and participation
getting more involved because of control
Why do you play video games?
enjoyment, entertainment, arousal, suspense, social reasons
effectance
feeling of pleasure when you manipulate your environment
games produce
immediate response to input
Presence
you’re in the game. experience of being somewhere
realism
can manipulate presence by allowing people to customize characters
spatial presence
being there- game world is around you
proprioception
sense of your body in space
example of closing eyes and bringing fingers together
great sense of relativity
self presence
sense of self in the world
avatars
social presence
being “with”
co presence
online games as third places
create a third place to make it an important part of our lives.
separate from our home and work. outside hierarchies do not apply. the primary activity is talk
making friends in-game
randomly assigned people to play different kinds of video games for a while.
games and social capital
no link between MMOPRPG play and offline social value
Childrens gaming and time with friends/parents
independently related.
video games played alone takes time away from other people
Skinnerian conditioning
push lever= get food
