Team collaboration in multi-player online games provides opportunities for players to
interact with each other. Facilitating teams has become one of the main design principles to …

While psychologists analyze network game-playing behavior in terms of players' social
interaction and experience, understanding user behavior is equally important to network …

The popularity of online games, particularly casual games, has increased tremendously in
recent years. Often these game experiences involve partner-based or multi-player …

Every day, millions of people gather on online game servers to collaborate in real time
toward shared goals. What may seem like frivolous activity may, when investigated more …

Online games provide a rich recording of interactions that can contribute to understanding
human behavior. One potential contribution is understanding what motivates people to …

Outstanding multiplayer games engage players by providing rich social interactions. Yet, it is
still not clear how to purposefully design these interactions. Our paper tackles this issue by …

Many online videogames make use of characters controlled by both humans (avatar) and
computers (agent) to facilitate game play. However, the level of agency a teammate shows …

Recent advances in digital technologies invite consideration of social influence and social
support as processes that are accomplished by global, flexible, adaptive, and ad hoc …

This paper explores the intrapersonal and interpersonal motivations involved in the playing
of MMORPGs, and the impacts of gaming on online and offline relationships. Twenty-one …

There are many web sites that allow people to play board or card games against other
human players. These sites offer tools and opportunities for social interaction, but little is …