Understanding player experience finding a usable model for game classification

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dc.contributor.authorVan Vught, Jasper Frans
dc.contributor.authorSchott, Gareth R.
dc.contributor.authorMarczak, Raphaël
dc.coverage.spatialConference held at Auckland, New Zealanden_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-12T03:52:30Z
dc.date.available2012-11-12T03:52:30Z
dc.date.copyright2012
dc.date.issued2012-07-21
dc.description.abstractDigital games receive an age restriction classification rating based on their depiction of harmful content and its presumed impact on players. While classification processes serve as predictors of the subsequent interactions between player and game text they remain largely inferential and an exercise in caution. Confounded by the medium's interactive nature, we argue that classification processes would benefit from research that provides empirical accounts of the interactive experience of games. This paper presents findings taken from a research project with the aim of operationalizing over a decade of Game Studies theorization on the distinct quality of games. The intention is to produce an empirically validated model of media 'usage,' capable of informing regulation processes and the classification of games (within a New Zealand context). Here we draw on findings achieved from one component of our mixed methodology research design [37] - A structured diary method that was employed to allow game players to chronicle different elements of their gameplay experience with a single text as they progressed through it. The findings serve to highlight the applied value of Game Studies' theory and its capacity to account for the 'actual' experience of play and the ways game texts are activated under the agency of players once they enter everyday life and culture.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationVan Vught, J., Schott, G., & Marczak, R. (2012). Understanding player experience finding a usable model for game classification. Proceedings of The 8th Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment Playing the System, IE 2012; Auckland, July 21-22, 2012. Auckland , New Zealand.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/2336727.2336737en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/6828
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherACMen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfProceedings of the 8th Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Playing the Systemen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of The 8th Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment Playing the System - IE '12
dc.subjectclassificationen_NZ
dc.subjectconfigurationen_NZ
dc.subjectInterpretationen_NZ
dc.subjectplayer accountsen_NZ
dc.subjectplayer experienceen_NZ
dc.titleUnderstanding player experience finding a usable model for game classificationen_NZ
dc.typeConference Contributionen_NZ
pubs.begin-page1en_NZ
pubs.elements-id22312
pubs.end-page8en_NZ
pubs.finish-date2012-07-22en_NZ
pubs.place-of-publicationdoi: 10.1145/2336727.2336737en_NZ
pubs.start-date2012-07-21en_NZ
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