Fundamental components of the gameplay experience
- This co-authored paper is based on research that originated in 2003 when our team started a series of extensive field studies into the character of gameplay experiences. Originally within the Children as the Actors of Game Cultures research project, our aim was to better understand why particularly young people enjoy playing games, while also asking their parents how they perceive gaming as playing partners or as close observers. Gradually our in-depth interviews started to reveal a complex picture of more general relevance, where personal experiences, social contexts and cultural practices all came together to frame gameplay within something we called game cultures. Culture was the keyword, since we were not interested in studying games and play experiences in isolation, but rather as part of the rich meaning- making practices of lived reality.
Author details: | Frans Mäyrä, Laura Ermi |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-49831 |
ISSN: | 1867-6219 |
ISSN: | 1867-6227 |
Title of parent work (German): | DIGAREC Series |
Subtitle (German): | analysing immersion |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 2011 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2011/05/18 |
Issue: | 6 |
First page: | 88 |
Last Page: | 115 |
Source: | Digarec Series, 06 (2011), S. 088 - 115 |
RVK - Regensburg classification: | AP 15963 |
RVK - Regensburg classification: | SU 500 |
Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Künste und Medien |
DDC classification: | 7 Künste und Unterhaltung / 79 Sport, Spiele, Unterhaltung / 793 Spiele und Freizeitaktivitäten für drinnen |
Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / DIGAREC Series, ISSN 1867-6227 / DIGAREC Series (2011) 06 |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
External remark: | See video recording of this DIGAREC Keynote-Lecture under the title "The Dual Structure: Experiencing Digital Games in the Intersection of Gameplay and Media" on: Multimediaserver of the Potsdam University Library [urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-mms-72-208-0] |