There are various benefits of playing multiplayer games, such as enjoyment, satisfaction of
basic psychological needs, facilitation of social relationships, and coping and recovery …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities were among the first institutions to shift to an
online model. As they did so, nascent collegiate esports program lost access to campus …

The aim of this work is to explore the forms of toxic behaviour that players encounter in
competitive multiplayer real-time strategy (RTS) games. To this end, we carried out …

Background Research into transgressive play experiences in games has grown in recent
years. In this article, we explore the potential for transgressive play to be constructive in …

Esports has become one of the major online entertainment activities around the globe.
Different from the previously dominant massively multiplayer online role-playing games …

It is crucial to detect and manage stress as early as possible before it becomes a severe
mental and physical health problem. Some authors even introduce stress as a “silent killer” …

Toxic behavior (TB) is a negative response to in-game frustration in multiplayer online
games (MOG) that can ruin the playing experience, causing financial damage to MOG …

Players usually have a strong desire to improve their game-specific skills to perform well in a
game. A desire which has been further reinforced by the increase of multiplayer games and …

Computerspiele sind mittlerweile ein allgegenwärtiges, gar globales Phänomen von großer
sozialer, kultureller, technologischer und wirtschaftlicher Bedeutung. Sie haben in den …

The present research addresses a gap in the literature concerning the relationship of
identity, game play, and toxicity, using longitudinal research. Time spent playing Defence of …