Many videogames require players to perform under pressure; however, not all players
respond equivalently to pressure: why are some players more likely to tilt (lose control …

In recent years, digital games have become increasingly present in people's lives both as a
leisure activity or in gamified activities of everyday life. Despite this growing presence, large …

Tasks of different nature and difficulty levels are a part of people's lives. In this context, there
is a scientific interest in the relationship between the difficulty of the task and the persistence …

Video game difficulty relates to several other key concepts in the study of games. Defined
here as the player perception of the barriers that stand in the way of completing game tasks …

Bernard Suits is commonly thought to have defined games as challenges. This paper argues
that Suits could not have done so without ruining his larger philosophical project. It then …

This bachelor's thesis investigates the perspectives of players in live service games,
focusing on World of Warcraft: Dragonflight and the Game-as-a-Service (GaaS) model …