Paper Info
Title
Looking for the heart of interactive media: reflections on video games' emotional expression
Abstract
Ever since they first originated, video games have been perceived as an inferior form of media expression. One major concern has been that they do not seem able to elicit a wide spectrum of emotions, thus being perceived as emotionally shallow. Sustained by a theoretical overview of the nature of play activities and studies on emotion elicitation by video games, this paper hypothesizes on a relationship between certain elements of traditional games and subsequent elicited emotions. From these ensue concerns regarding the narrow spectre of emotions elicited by certain prototypical game structures employed by the game design process.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/1823818.1823819
Fun and Games 2010
Keywords
Field
DocType
game design process,major concern,inferior form,emotional expression,emotion elicitation,certain element,interactive media,subsequent elicited emotion,certain prototypical game structure,video game,traditional game,media expression,spectrum,emotion,game design
Social psychology,Psychology,Game design,Cognitive psychology,Emotional expression,Interactive media
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.42
7
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rui Craveirinha1124.26
Licínio Roque2344.83