Concerns about extremist exploitation of digital games and the radicalization of gamers have been increasing in recent years. Terrorist attacks with gamified elements, live-streamed on platforms like Twitch, and planned…
Video games and the communities that surround them can be an excellent place to make friends, have fun, and gain insight into yourself and your identity. Additionally, these spaces often…
If you’ve ever played an RPG or really any game that allows you to customize your character you’ve likely shared a similar experience: you go through the sliders and try…
In this episode of Jargon Schmargon, we discuss Self-Determination Theory in the context of video game play motivations. Self Determination Theory, or SDT, is something I have talked about in…
In the months since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the general discourse about video games in the public and media seems to have shifted in relation to the uses and effects…
This month’s Jargon Schmargon was about game motivations, which is intimately tied to a theory we use quite a bit in game studies called uses and gratifications. Uses and gratifications…
In this episode of Jargon Schmargon, we take a look at play motivations. What motivates us to play games, beyond the simple act of “having fun”. Several play motivation models…
In this all new State of the Research, we tackle the big kahuna: Violent video games. Specifically, we tackle the three broad issues associated with claims of violent video game…
