Lingering Serious Experience as Trigger to Raise Awareness, Encourage Reflection and Change Behavior

Marsh, Tim; Costello, Brigid

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-37157-8_15

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“…Drawing on the work of Benford and colleagues [2] and Montola [20] (who explored positive-negative experiences in extreme role-playing games), Marsh & Costello [18] point out that a focus on enjoyment may lead designers to see negative affect as something to avoid at all costs. Such an approach potentially makes it harder to offer players alternative experiences that are both deep and powerful.…”

Section: Games That Aren't Exactly "Fun"mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Marsh and Costello [18] mention plans to evaluate serious experience within a Great Barrier Reef game, but this appears to be work in progress. Apart from stressing the need to consider lingering experiences in addition to moment-by-moment play, it is not clear how the authors plan to assess their game.…”

Section: Serious Experience In Digital Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, educators have long wanted to "harness the motivational power of games" to make learning more fun [14; p.4]. However, despite the focus on enjoyment as a significant component of the player experience [19], Marsh & Costello [18] argue that HCI and game designers need to look beyond the notion of fun to consider a wider range of emotional experience. They propose the term "serious experience" to cover experiences that are (1) uncomfortable, negative and/or unpleasant and/or (2) entertaining without being exclusively fun.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Moving Beyond Fun

Iacovides

Cox

2015

Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Games are normally considered to be "fun", though recently there is growing interest in how gameplay can promote empathy and encourage reflection through "serious experience". However, when looking beyond enjoyment, it is not clear how to actually evaluate serious experience. We present an evaluation of four games that were submitted to a student game design competition; the competition challenged teams to design a game that inspired curiosity around human error and blame culture within the context of healthcare. The entries were judged by a panel of six experts and subjected to a round of play testing by twelve participants. Methods included gameplay observation, questionnaires, post-play interviews and follow-up email questions. We discuss the utility of these methods, with particular emphasis on how they enabled a consideration of the immediate and longer term impact of serious experience on players.

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Section: Games That Aren't Exactly "Fun"mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Serious Experience In Digital Gamesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Moving Beyond Fun

Iacovides

Cox

2015

Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…It appears that the 'short and sweet' nature of the installation was a double edged sword: participants took part because it was quick and easy, but they soon forgot about the messages and did not think about them very deeply. Added to the fact that a small number of participants considered the humorous tone of the intervention to be at odds with the serious nature of the subject matter, there are questions yet to be answered around the extent to which this approach is likely to resonate with individuals [29] and lead to long term changes.…”

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Squeezy Green Balls

Jennett

Iacovides

Cox

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

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We need collective action to tackle global warming. However, research shows that people switch off from being concerned about the environment because they are often too busy, or fail to appreciate their ability to make a difference. An alternative approach is to run campaigns that are able to engage large numbers of people and engender feelings of concern and empowerment. This could then kick-start a range of pro-environmental habits. We present the development and evaluation of a playful installation that aimed to attract attention, and stimulate discussion about environmental issues amongst university staff and students. The first prototype was shown to successfully attract people to engage and interact with the installation. The second prototype was deployed in-the-wild, over the course of a week. We evaluated the extent to which the installation was successful at attracting attention, and in encouraging people to interact with it, to reflect on their habits and to discuss environmental issues with others. We found the Green Ball Kiosk was a fun way to raise discussions about green issues, to encourage the adoption of new environmentally friendly behaviours and to prompt people to maintain existing ones. We suggest that interactive installations such as this can be effective at promoting awareness and generating a 'social buzz' about environmental topics when exhibited as a temporary installation.

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“…Marsh & Costello [10] argue that a focus on fun could lead designers to take a shallow approach to gameplay, thus making it harder to offer player experiences that are both deep and powerful. Building on previous work, such as Benford et al [2], and Montola [12], they introduce the term "serious experience" to cover experiences that are (1) uncomfortable, negative and/or unpleasant, and/or (2) entertaining without being exclusively fun (e.g., by being thought-provoking or alternating between positive and negative experience).…”

Section: Serious Experience In Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%