TY  - CHAP
A1  - Jennett, Charlene
A1  - Cox, Anna L.
A1  - Cairns, Paul
T1  - Being "in the game"
N2  - When people describe themselves as being “in the game” this is often thought to mean they have a sense of presence, i.e. they feel like they are in the virtual environment (Brown/Cairns 2004). Presence research traditionally focuses on user experiences in virtual reality systems (e.g. head mounted displays, CAVE-like systems). In contrast, the experience of gaming is very different. Gamers willingly submit to the rules of the game, learn arbitrary relationships between the controls and the screen output, and take on the persona of their game character. Also whereas presence in VR systems is immediate, presence in gaming is gradual. Due to these differences, one can question the extent to which people feel present during gaming. A qualitative study was conducted to explore what gamers actually mean when they describe themselves as being “in the game.” Thirteen gamers were interviewed and the resulting grounded theory suggests being “in the game” does not necessarily mean presence (i.e. feeling like you are the character and present in the VE). Some people use this phrase just to emphasize their high involvement in the game. These findings differ with Brown and Cairns as they suggest at the highest state of immersion not everybody experiences presence. Furthermore, the experience of presence does not appear dependent on the game being in the first person perspective or the gamer being able to empathize with the character. Future research should investigate why some people experience presence and others do not. Possible explanations include: use of language, perception of presence, personality traits, and types of immersion.
Y1  - 2008
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-24682
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Calvillo-Gámez, Eduardo H.
A1  - Cairns, Paul
T1  - Pulling the strings : a theory of puppetry for the gaming experience
N2  - The paper aims to bring the experience of playing videogames closer to objective knowledge, where the experience can be assessed and falsified via an operational concept. The theory focuses on explaining the basic elements that form the core of the process of the experience. The name of puppetry is introduced after discussing the similarities in the importance of experience for both videogames and theatrical puppetry. Puppetry, then, operationalizes the gaming experience into a concept that can be assessed.
Y1  - 2008
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-27509
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Müller, Petra
A1  - Coppock, Patrick
A1  - Liebe, Michael
A1  - Mersch, Dieter
A1  - Bogost, Ian
A1  - Bartle, Richard
A1  - Juul, Jesper
A1  - Løvlie, Anders Sundnes
A1  - Pohl, Kirsten
A1  - Schrape, Niklas
A1  - Hoffstadt, Christian
A1  - Nagenborg, Michael
A1  - Liboriussen, Bjarke
A1  - Meldgaard, Betty Li
A1  - Günzel, Stephan
A1  - Ljungström, Mattias
A1  - Jennett, Charlene
A1  - Cox, Anna L.
A1  - Cairns, Paul
A1  - Mukherjee, Souvik
A1  - Pinchbeck, Dan
A1  - Glashüttner, Robert
ED  - Günzel, Stephan
ED  - Liebe, Michael
ED  - Mersch, Dieter
T1  - Conference proceedings of The Philosophy of Computer Games 2008
N2  - This first volume of the DIGAREC Series holds the proceedings of the conference “The Philosophy of Computer Games”, held at the University of Potsdam from May 8-10, 2008. The contributions of the conference address three fields of computer game research that are philosophically relevant and, likewise, to which philosophical reflection is crucial. These are: ethics and politics, the action-space of games, and the magic circle. All three topics are interlinked and constitute the paradigmatic object of computer games: Whereas the first describes computer games on the outside, looking at the cultural effects of games as well as on moral practices acted out with them, the second describes computer games on the inside, i.e. how they are constituted as a medium. The latter finally discusses the way in which a border between these two realms, games and non-games, persists or is already transgressed in respect to a general performativity.
T3  - DIGAREC Series - 01 
Y1  - 2008
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-20072
SN  - 978-3-940793-49-2
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -