Social interactions in online games have led gamers to form lasting social relationships. This
has caused a tremendous increase in gift-giving on online gaming platforms. This study …

Online games are highly popular applications. While online gamers actively participate in
gaming teams, no study has yet explored whether gamers have sufficient teamwork …

The phenomenon of e-sport implies an understanding of competitive engagement in
computer and video games. Although very popular and well known among adolescents …

Human–computer interaction researchers are increasingly designing behaviour change
technologies for a variety of purposes, from promoting healthier lifestyles to support …

Online games are social spaces, new social worlds where players spend time and interact
with others as well as form friendships or meet future life partners (Taylor 2006). The social …

Toxic gaming and griefing in online games are part of the everyday interaction of players
around the world. Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games are notorious for their …

One of the main components and reasons for the success of the Massive Multiplayer Online
Games genre (MMOG) is that these games are seen as arenas for social interaction. The …

Purpose–Sociability is considered to be important to the success of educational MMORPGs.
The purpose of this study was to access the relative weights of these sociability factors which …

Figuren sind ein zentrales Attraktionsmoment aktueller Computerspiele, doch ihre
medienwissenschaftliche Erforschung ist bislang nur in Ansätzen erfolgt. Diese Arbeit …

Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) involve long term intense
social bonds between male players. Still, little is known about how masculinity constructs …