Sanal Üretim ve Sanal Tüketim Bağlamında Bilgisayar Oyunları ve Boş Zaman Kavramı: Farmvılle Örneği

Abstract

As it is known that individuals spend most of their time with mass media, research on how the time spent on mass media affect their lives is widely available in the literature. Recently, in addition to this body of research, the time spent by individuals on social media and the effect of this time on the lives of individuals has begun to be examined. In the literature on this subject, it is also often questioned that how effective the time that individuals spend on social media, how much time they spend on social networks, or why they use social networks very often. One of the main aims of people to follow other people in social networks is to be stay informed. But at the same time, the same individuals use social networks to play games. Social networks that seek to offer different reasons to their members regarding the usage have reached their wishes with the help of these games they offer. In order to grasp why individuals choose to play games on social networks, this study examined why they prefer to produce in the virtual world, why they spend their leisure time on a game called FarmVille. FarmVille, one of the most played games in the world with the logic of virtual production, virtual distribution, and virtual consumption, was selected for this study and those who played this game were included in the axis of the study. The questionnaire was used as a measurement tool. It was found that 80% of the men and women among participants spent their two hours on the game daily. The time, which is expressed as the biggest problem of the modern day's man, was spent on games shows how much the individuals need to relax and to avoid the responsibilities and problems. When the results of the study were evaluated briefly; it was observed that the participants preferred the game mostly due to socialization, leisure time, relaxation, avoiding problems and responsibilities.

Dijital Oyunlarda Kültürel Görsel Kodlarla Kültürün Yeniden Üretimi: Uruz Er Kişinin Dönüşü

“…Dijital oyunlar açısından, içinde yer alınan dünyada yaşayan insanlar oyunların yaratıcısı olurken, yaşanmakta olan dünyanın kültürü, sosyal durumu, ekonomik koşulları ve politik değerlendirmeleri ile de hayat bulmaktadır. Bu durum oyunlar için yaratılmış avatarlar yanında oyun içinde yer alan olgular, oyun yaratıcısının ya da oyuncunun gerçekte dâhil olduğu kültürün izlerini de taşımaktadır (Taydaş ve Karakoç, 2019, s. 1198. Bu nedenle dijital oyunlar her ne kadar teknolojik ortamda yaratılarak oynansa da toplumsal yaşamdan kopuk bir dünya oyuncu için bir süre sonra anlamsız kalmaktadır.…”