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Virtual Reality Arcades : A Study on Usage Habits with Emphasis on Digital Gaming
2019
Virtual reality (VR) and VR gaming have seen substantial advancement during the recent years both in terms of technological development and the number of users. A notable rise has also occurred in the number of VR arcades. Despite the growing academic interest towards VR and VR gaming, there is still a dearth of understanding on the usage aspects of VR gaming and VR arcades. To address this gap, this study explored the habits of using VR arcades with emphasis on digital gaming. Specific focus was set on investigating differences between gender, age, and physical activity background. The study was exploratory in nature and based on a quantitative analysis of data collected from 126 responden…
Real-time hermeneutics : meaning-making in ludonarrative digital games
2015
Verkkopelin pelaaminen ja pelaajien vuorovaikutus
2014
Tämän tutkielman tavoitteena oli tutkia ja analysoida verkkopelin pelaamista ja siihen liittyvää vuorovaikutusta. Tavoitteena oli selvittää, miten ja miksi lapset pelaavat verkkopeliä ja millaista vuorovaikutusta pelaamiseen liittyy. Lisäksi haluttiin selvittää, miten lapsille suunnattua verkkopeliä voitaisiin kehittää. Tutkimus toteutettiin laadullisin menetelmin. Aineisto kerättiin haastattelemalla ja havainnoimalla verkkopelin pelaajia yksilö-, pari- ja ryhmätilanteissa. Tutkimukseen osallistui yhdeksän 7–12-vuotiasta lasta. Tutkimustilanteissa lapset pelasivat verkkopeliä ja samalla heitä haastateltiin pelaamisesta. Tutkimustilanteissa pelattiin Ylen tuottamaa Boforia…
Continuous play : leisure engagement in competitive fighting games and taekwondo
2023
In order to better understand the development of play and games in modern lives, this article examines two competitive leisure groups: digital fighting game players and traditional taekwondo practitioners. Drawing on qualitative offline/online interviews (n = 56) and close reading of externally documented life narratives (n = 14), we explore how the modes and motives of engagement fluctuate in competitive players over time. The study provides a new developmental approach to continuous competitive play as leisure. Our results show rather than making linear progress from ‘casual’ to ‘serious’ leisure, individuals in both groups perceive their lasting relationships with these activities gradua…
Effectiveness of Exergame Intervention on Walking in Older Adults : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
2021
Objective. The objective of this review was to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of exergaming on walking in older adults. In addition, the aim was to investigate the relationship between the exergaming effect and age, baseline walking performance, exercise traits, technology used and the risk of bias. Methods. A literature search was carried out in the databases MEDLINE, CINAHL, CENTRAL, EMBASE, WoS, PsycInfo and PEDro up to January 10, 2020. Studies with a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) design, people ≥60 years of age without neurological disorders, comparison group with other exercise or no exercise, and walking related outcomes were included. Cochrane RoB2, meta-analysis, met…
Exploring Features of the Pervasive Game Pokémon GO That Enable Behavior Change: Qualitative Study
2020
BackgroundDigital gaming is one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world. While prior literature concluded that digital games can enable changes in players’ behaviors, there is limited knowledge about different types of behavior changes and the game features driving them. Understanding behavior changes and the game features behind them is important because digital games can motivate players to change their behavior for the better (or worse). ObjectiveThis study investigates the types of behavior changes and their underlying game features within the context of the popular pervasive game Pokémon GO. MethodsWe collected data from 262 respondents with a critical incident techniqu…
Puumailoista ylämummoon : Näkökulmia digitaalisten jääkiekkopelien tutkimukseen
2020
Digitaalisten jääkiekkopelien kilpapelaaminen nousi otsikoihin keväällä 2020, kun COVID-19 -pandemian vuoksi jääkiekon suomenmestaruussarja Liiga jouduttiin keskeyttämään. Varsinaisen jääkiekkoviihteen tilalle Telia yhteistyökumppaneineen loi virtuaaliset pudotuspelit, eli ePlayoffit, jotka saivat näkyvyyttä useissa kotimaisissa medioissa. Samalla ePlayoffit nostivat esiin myös NHL-pelien ammattipelaamista ECL- ja NACL-sarjoissa. Tässä katsauksessa käyn läpi digitaalisiin jääkiekkopeleihin liittyvää tutkimusta, sekä kartoitan uusia mahdollisia tutkimussuuntia niihin liittyen. Katsaus keskittyy historiallisiin ja yhteiskunnallisiin näkökulmiin, sekä kilpapelaamiseen. Mahdollisia uusia tutkim…
Introduction: Exploring Nordic Game Research
2014
Nordic DiGRA 2012 Conference was held at the University of Tampere on June 6-8, 2012. In this Special Issue of the Transactions of DiGRA journal, we present a selection of the best papers of that conference.
The light, the dark, and everything else : making sense of young people's digital gaming
2023
Whether gaming has a beneficial or detrimental effect on young people's lives is a defining feature in both the research and the public discussion of youth digital gaming. In this qualitative study, we draw from a thematic analysis of the experiences of 180 game players in Finland, aged 15–25 years. Utilizing the digital gaming relationship (DGR) theory, we explore how different aspects of gaming actualize in their lives, and how different features of gaming culture participation come together to form their experience. We contend that framing gaming as a balancing act between beneficial and detrimental obscures much of the complexity of young people's gaming, reinforces a partially false di…
Defining Role-Playing Games as Language-Games
2011
Role-playing games are a diverse phenomenon, ranging from digital games to live action role-playing. Finding a definition that suits them all is hard, but attempts have been many. All of the definitions emphasize some aspects of role-playing games like rules, the role of players or the story. Many definitions do not describe role-playing games as such, but the activity that is role-playing. This paper looks at one of the latest attempts to define role-playing games, by Hitchens and Drachen (2009), and shows some potential problems with it. As an answer to these problems another definition is proposed, consisting of a game world, participants, shared narrative power and interaction. This def…