Cooperation and Interdependence

Depping, Ansgar E.; Mandryk, Regan L.

doi:10.1145/3116595.3116639

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“…Given the increasing prevalence of multiplayer digital games as a leisure activity, in a context of decreasing social embeddedness, researchers have started to consider whether the social relationships that are established and enacted through digital games help or harm social aspects of wellbeing, including loneliness and feelings of isolation. Recent studies have demonstrated that digital games-played both in-person and online-can facilitate social interactions that are vital for our social well-being, for example, by connecting us to others (Dabbish, 2008;Hernandez et al, 2014), helping us maintain existing relationships (Wohn et al, 2011), facilitating trust development with strangers (Depping et al, 2016;Depping and Mandryk, 2017), and even combating loneliness (Depping et al, 2018); however, the same mechanics, games, and gaming contexts that foster social closeness in games can instead lead to toxic game environments (Chen et al, 2009;Kwak et al, 2015) or displace offline relationships (Zhong, 2011), resulting in feelings of social exclusion (Shores et al, 2014).…”

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How Passion for Playing World of Warcraft Predicts In-Game Social Capital, Loneliness, and Wellbeing

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Playing digital games can nurture wellbeing by helping players recover from daily stressors, cope with life's challenges, practice emotion regulation, and engage in meaningful social interaction; however, this same leisure activity can also result in problematic gaming (i.e., harmful play at the expense of healthy behaviors), and social isolation that damages wellbeing. Research consistently demonstrates that the value or harm of gaming on wellbeing cannot be determined solely from whether and how much people play, but rather depends on contingent factors related to the player, the game, and the gaming context. In this paper, we aim to model contingent factors that differentiate between beneficial and harmful outcomes within players of the same massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG). We model how passion for gaming-defined as a strong desire to engage in a beloved activity that is enjoyed and valued, in which time and energy is invested, and that ultimately integrates into a person's identity-affects loneliness and wellbeing. We employ the dualistic model that divides passion into harmonious passion (HP)-characterized by a balanced and authentic relationship with the beloved activity, and obsessive passion (OP)-characterized by preoccupation and inflexible persistence toward the loved activity. We sampled 300 frequent World of Warcraft (WoW) players, recruited from online forums, and used structural equation modeling (SEM) to investigate the effects of their passion for playing WoW on in-game social capital, loneliness, and wellbeing. We demonstrate that HP for playing WoW facilitates in-game social capital (both bridging and bonding), combats loneliness, and increases wellbeing, whereas OP also builds social capital, but these social ties do not combat loneliness, and OP is directly associated with increased loneliness. Further, the positive effect of HP on wellbeing is mediated through an increase in bonding social capital and a resulting decrease in loneliness. Our findings highlight that passion orientation is important for characterizing the relationship between gaming and wellbeing. We contribute to the conversation on combating problematic gaming, while also promoting digital gaming as an appealing leisure activity that provides enjoyment, recovery, and meaningful social interaction for the millions of gamers who benefit from its captivation.

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“…Hay diversos estudios que han investigado los efectos de los videojuegos, así como sus beneficios como herramienta educativa. Prensky (2011) ya adelantaba que los videojuegos permiten la adquisición de atributos y técnicas que asisten a la comprensión de conceptos Percepciones de los estudiantes (Depping & Mandryk, 2017), que pueden implicar experiencias de aprendizaje significativo fuera de las aulas (Sánchez Guzmán y Galvis Martínez, 2016). Este tipo de experiencias, que rompen con el esquema de una educación limitada a las aulas, puede englobarse dentro del aprendizaje ubicuo, es decir, aquel que tiene lugar en cualquier lugar y momento, sin formar parte de una actividad diseñada para ello (Burbules, 2012).…”

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Percepciones de los estudiantes de Educación Secundaria sobre el valor educativo de los videojuegos y su diseño como estrategia pedagógica

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2021

Rev.virtual univ. catol. norte

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Los videojuegos se han situado como una de las principales industrias del ocio y entretenimiento en España, pero también ha habido un incremento significativo en su uso con fines educativos. Estos se utilizan como un elemento de motivación en el aula, que ha demostrado tener múltiples beneficios sobre el aprendizaje y el desarrollo de habilidades cognitivas. En este trabajo, a través de una investigación cuantitativa, no experimental y descriptiva, se profundizó en el valor educativo del videojuego y en su diseño como estrategia pedagógica. Para ello, se recogieron las percepciones del alumnado de secundaria, mediante un cuestionario ad hoc en el que participaron 55 sujetos. Los principales resultados señalan el amplio interés de los estudiantes por el aprendizaje, a través de videojuegos.

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“…Because VR relies so heavily on immersion, that is, the feeling of truly being present inside a virtual environment, designers may feel that if a player were to acknowledge people outside the game, this would break immersion due to the acknowledging of a parallel, non-game environment [6]. On the contrary, social interaction in digital, non-VR multiplayer games has been shown to increase immersion, because it introduces an element of role-play and allows players to connect more deeply with their respective in-game roles [5].…”

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“…Many of the social benefits associated with asymmetric collaborative gaming rely on interdependence [5,16], meaning no one player has all the information or tools needed to advance. We chose therefore to make communication crucial to success in BirdQuestVR.…”

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BirdQuestVR: a cross-platform asymmetric communication game

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2021

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BirdQuestVR is a cross-platform asymmetric communication game between one player in Virtual Reality and another on a mobile device. The game explores asymmetric co-operative gaming in a shared physical space, taking the physical surroundings of the VR user into account in its design. Asymmetric games feature different rules, abilities, or objectives for different players, generating unique and nuanced game experiences. Multiplayer asymmetric games in particular have been shown to increase teamwork and a collaborative mindset even after a play session has ended. Asymmetric design is commonplace in both digital and analog games but has yet to see widespread adoption in the emerging Virtual Reality (VR) gaming space. BirdQuestVR seeks to leverage the affordances of current consumer-grade VR headsets to build asymmetric gameplay around communication, embodied performance, and physical humour. Keywords: Asymmetric, Virtual Reality, Cross-Platform, Social Play, Avatar Embodiment

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Cooperation and Interdependence

Cited by 65 publications

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How Passion for Playing World of Warcraft Predicts In-Game Social Capital, Loneliness, and Wellbeing

How Passion for Playing World of Warcraft Predicts In-Game Social Capital, Loneliness, and Wellbeing

Percepciones de los estudiantes de Educación Secundaria sobre el valor educativo de los videojuegos y su diseño como estrategia pedagógica

BirdQuestVR: a cross-platform asymmetric communication game

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