Are some video games associated with more life interference and psychopathology than others? Comparing massively multiplayer online role-playing games with other forms of video game

2014 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Berle ◽  
Vladan Starcevic ◽  
Guy Porter ◽  
Pauline Fenech
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

“This is like an RPG where you pick up friends along the way”

2021 ◽  
pp. 122-151
Author(s):  
Sylvia Sierra
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Oregon Trail ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
Constructed Dialogue ◽  
The Oregon Trail

This chapter examines how Millennial friends in their late twenties appropriate texts from video games they have played to serve particular social interactive functions in their everyday face-to-face conversations. Speakers use references to the video games Papers, Please, The Oregon Trail, Minecraft, and Role Playing Games (RPGS) to shift the epistemic territories of conversations when they encounter interactional dilemmas. These epistemic shifts simultaneously rekey formerly problematic talk (on topics like rent, money, and injuries) to lighter, humorous talk, reframing these issues as being part of a lived video game experience. Overlapping game frames are laminated upon real-life frames and are strengthened by embedded frames containing constructed dialogue. This chapter contributes to understanding how epistemic shifts relying on intertextual ties can shift frames during interactional dilemmas in everyday conversation, which is ultimately conducive to group identity construction.

Gaming Works! Mental Health and Wellness in Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Rasmussen Neal ◽  
Caroline Whippey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

The popularity of video games as a source of entertainment is undeniable, but games attract unfortunate attention regarding the potentially negative impact on gamers’ lives. Through semi-structured interviews and phenomenographical analysis, we will explore the relationship between hardcore gamers’ views on MMORPG features and their feelings of mental well-being.La popularité des jeux vidéo comme source de divertissement est indéniable, mais malheureusement les jeux suscitent des craintes quant à leurs effets potentiellement négatifs dans la vie des joueurs. Grâce à des entrevues semi structurées et une analyse phénoménographique, nous explorerons la relation entre l’opinion des joueurs avides de jeux RPG massivement multijoueur sur les caractéristiques des jeux et leurs sentiments de bien-être mental.

Mechanisms of Disclosure: A Socio-technical Perspective on Sociality in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iulia Coanda ◽  
Stef Aupers
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Game Studies ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
One Year ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

It is a mainstay in game studies that Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games are boasting social relations and community formation. Considering games as “sociotechnical” environments, this article studies how the usage of external communication technologies in an online video game guild shapes the members’ social dynamics. Based on a one-year ethnographic study of a women’s guild in The Elder Scrolls Online (TESO), the analysis shows that the infrastructure of TESO guards anonymous interaction by default and contributes to the game as a “safe space.” The displacement of guild communication to media platforms outside the game, however, unleashed mechanisms of disclosure: a leakage of information from the private, domestic domain via TeamSpeak and the “sharing” imperative of personal information on Facebook. Such techno-induced forms of personal disclosure act as a double-edged sword: they strengthen the guild’s social bonds but, simultaneously, breed tensions, peer-to-peer surveillance, and social control within the guild.

scholarly journals The Unconscious Self in Role Playing Video Game’s Avatar

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Ardian Indro Yuwono ◽  
Gabriel Roosmargo Lono Lastoro Simatupang ◽  
Aprinus Salam
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Jacques Lacan ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
The World ◽  
Unconscious Desire ◽  
Unconscious Mind

In the world of digital video games, human players are present through surrogates. Surrogates in the video game is a character which also called by the term avatar which is a self-representation of real players. The presence of avatars in role playing games are formed through a process of creation by the gamer. The production of avatars cannot be separated from the unconscious mind of the players, the unconscious desire, ego and ideology. This avatar creation process continues ongoing, following the progress of the video game story. The decision, the path, and the act that the player take in completing the story are gradually reshaping the avatar. In the end, the avatar eventually became a manifestation and reflection of the unconscious minds of the video game players. This research conducted using ethnography and Jacques Lacan psychoanalysis theory.

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