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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…
Two Overwatch Player Profiles
2022
AbstractWe pursue Overwatch player profiles via a statistical cluster analysis of survey data from the UK (N = 1089) and the USA (N = 417). The profiles are based on the players’ activity, challenge, and experiential preferences as well as motivations. Our analytical process produces six esports player clusters, two of which with Overwatch. The first (OW1) plays mainly Overwatch and Fortnite on a console, and they enjoy diverse types of non-competitive play elements more than other esports players. The second cluster (OW2) plays mainly Overwatch and League of Legends on a PC, and despite appearing more “competitive”, they did not report more competitive preferences. We suggest that the alle…
Introduction
2022
A decade ago, it was still somewhat conventional to start a study by writing how “esports is a novel phenomenon.” As we write this introduction in 2021, that is no longer true. Today, more than a thousand studies have been published on esports, including several books and special issues. Moreover, the work is no longer conducted purely in the “game studies” related fields, but across numerous domains from medical and health sciences to economics and sports. Esports is no longer a novel phenomenon, not even for researchers. As both the industry and academia of esports progress—with hundreds of digital (and some analog) game titles being played as “esports”—it is more and more difficult to ad…
Why Do Players Misuse Emotes in Hearthstone? : Negotiating the Use of Communicative Affordances in an Online Multiplayer Game
2018
This paper examines player-to-player interaction in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment, 2004). The game designers have attempted to limit what they see as negative interaction by forcibly limiting player-to-player social interaction. Based on an analysis of forum discussions, this empirical study illustrates how players utilize Hearthstone's restricted communication affordances for negative and insulting purposes, and how players negotiate their shared symbolic reality concerning this type of interaction, labeled "Bad Manner(s)" or "BM". The continuous debate over an issue which ultimately cannot be solved shows that players care deeply about the game and the surroundin…
Physical activity, screen time and the incidence of neck and shoulder pain in school-aged children
2022
This study investigated the associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary time and screen time with the incidence of neck and shoulder pain in school-aged children over a two-year follow-up. Children (aged 10–15) were measured at baseline 2013 (T0) (n = 970) and at follow-ups 2014 (T1) and 2015 (T2). Neck and shoulder pain frequency and screen time were determined with a web-based questionnaire. Daytime moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary time were measured with an accelerometer. Logistic regression was applied, and the results were adjusted for age, gender, body mass index and bedtime. Accelerometer-measured physical activity or sedentary time at base…
Henkilöstöjohtamisen opetuksen kehityspolku JSBE:ssä : salista peliin
2022
On the Prevalence of Addicted or Problematic Gaming in Finland
2019
Highlights • A dataset from Finland in 2015 (systematic random sampling N = 4511) suggests an (unweighted) prevalence rate of certain “addicted gaming” (videogame play) to be 0.6% among local gamers and 0.03% among the whole population. • The implied prevalence of certain “problematic gaming” (videogame play) climbs to 1.4% among local gamers and 0.6% among the whole population. • Of those “addicted” individuals to whom videogame play was a problem “almost always,” eight reported their hours of play during a week (72, 30, 10, 7, 4, 1, 1, 1), which indicate that “addicted gaming,” if understood as excessive play, might not be optimal for describing such problems.
Games for enhancing basic reading and maths skills : A systematic review of educational game design in supporting learning by people with learning di…
2018
Pelaa ja opi : räätälöityjä verkkopelejä ammatilliseen oppimiseen
2007
Yhä useammalle ammatillisen koulutuksen oppijalle erilaiset virtuaaliset toiminta- ja peliympäristöt ovat keskeinen osa arkipäivää. Työelämässä puolestaan on asioita, joiden etukäteisharjoittelu on vaikeaa, kallista ja jopa vaarallista. Virtuaaliset peliympäristöt voivat tarjota ratkaisun tähän ongelmaan. Tutkimukset osoittavat, että parhaimmillaan pelit voivat parantaa oppimisen laatua ja tehostaa toimintaa, luoda kiinnostavia oppimistilanteita, auttaa sitoutumaan tehtävien suorittamiseen, ohjata käyttäytymistä ja ongelmanratkaisua sekä edistää yhdessä toimimisen taitoja. Lisäksi virtuaalimaailmassa pelaamisen avulla voidaan havainnollistaa vaarallisia tai pitkäkestoisia tilanteita sekä au…