scholarly journals The Interplay between Real Money Trade and Narrative Structure in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Byungchul Park ◽  
Duk Hee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Real Money ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
The Social ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

A narrative structure is one of the main components to constitute the genre of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). Meanwhile Real Money Trade (RMT) enables a player to adjust an ex post level of challenge by skipping the narrative structure of a game. However, RMT may concurrently disturb a player who enjoys game following the narrative structure hierarchically. In pursuance of developing the knowledge about the relationship between RMT and the usage of MMORPG, we investigate the role of the strictness of predetermined narrative structure. We present the dual structure of societies to describe a player that arbitrarily decides to reside in a virtual society. Then we adopt the social nominalism to explain how individual motif of playing a game is expanded to the nature of game. Finally, we argue that a game with weakly predetermined narrative structure is more positively associated with RMT volume, since these games arouse a player’s sentiment of fun by relying more on their socially oriented motivation. With empirical evidence from the Korean MMORPGs market, we proved the hypothesis.

Gaming Works! Mental Health and Wellness in Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Rasmussen Neal ◽  
Caroline Whippey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

The popularity of video games as a source of entertainment is undeniable, but games attract unfortunate attention regarding the potentially negative impact on gamers’ lives. Through semi-structured interviews and phenomenographical analysis, we will explore the relationship between hardcore gamers’ views on MMORPG features and their feelings of mental well-being.La popularité des jeux vidéo comme source de divertissement est indéniable, mais malheureusement les jeux suscitent des craintes quant à leurs effets potentiellement négatifs dans la vie des joueurs. Grâce à des entrevues semi structurées et une analyse phénoménographique, nous explorerons la relation entre l’opinion des joueurs avides de jeux RPG massivement multijoueur sur les caractéristiques des jeux et leurs sentiments de bien-être mental.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Player’s Value Systems and Their In-Game Behavior in a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaoguang Wang ◽  
Gino Yu
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Value System ◽  
Real Money ◽  
Game World ◽  
Role Playing Game ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

This study examines the relationship between player’s value systems and their actions in playing a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Online survey data from 1,577 players were paired with their behavioral metrics within the game. A number of correlations were found between the scores of value system and the in-game metrics. Participants that scored high on the Red value system tend to spend more real money in the game, level up their character and ability as quickly as possible, and seek other achievements in the forms offered by game world. These characteristics for fun, power, and immediate gratification are also predicted by the Red value system. The finding provides valuable information on how to better design, evaluate, and understand enjoyment in games. The results also show the possibility of using the game as a platform in inferring players’ value systems and in training people to develop certain skills.

scholarly journals Metacognition and Self-Scaffolding in MMORPGs: Case Study of an Adolescent Male Gamer

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruba Monem
Keyword(s):  
Role Playing ◽  
Adolescent Males ◽  
Adolescent Male ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Immersive Environments ◽  
Virtual Identity ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
The Social ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

The genre of massively multiplayer online role-playing games has become increasingly popular with adolescent males. While researchers have studied the social aspect of online role-playing games, there is little known about the metacognitive and self-scaffolding processes that players engage in as they navigate these digital immersive environments. This case study focuses on the experience of an adolescent male gamer as he develops his knowledge, selfawareness and virtual identity.

What Is Novel in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Antón Barba-Kay
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Structure ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Phenomenology Of Spirit ◽  
Fictional Narrative ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modern Self ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Formal Features

AbstractWhile it has long been commonplace to advert to the Phenomenology of Spirit's peculiar prosaic form, there has been no sustained, thematic attempt to understand the relationship between that form—as a continuous, quasi-fictional narrative—and the work's philosophical content. I argue that some of what has been felt to be outlandish about the form may be better accounted for by reading it as connected to purposeful literary decisions, decisions in turn exhibiting philosophical claims about the new mode of modern self-understanding that the argument is concerned with advancing. Extending Allen Speight's suggestions that Hegel sees literature as closely connected to his theory of agency, I argue that the Phenomenology's narrative should be understood as itself specifically and deliberately novelesque. I focus on three points that help clarify the book's form as not simply in keeping with, but as expressing aspects of its content: (1) the narrative structure of consciousness (as a unified, unfolding activity through which Hegel explores the notion of actuality), (2) the theatricalizing counterpoint between the ‘in itself’ and ‘for itself’ (as a dramatic device that Hegel connects to the social underpinnings of consciousness), and (3) the role of confession and forgiveness in the argument (as a theme that Schlegel had singled out as essential to the novel, and that Hegel repurposes both to criticize and to overcome Romanticism). I do not say that the Phenomenology is itself a novel, but that construing some of its formal features and gestures as evoking the genre of the novel can help us to see more of what is philosophically at stake in them, and therefore in the work as a whole.

Interaction with the Game and Motivation among Players of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor Fuster ◽  
Xavier Carbonell ◽  
Andrés Chamarro ◽  
Ursula Oberst
Keyword(s):  
Role Playing ◽  
Stress Relief ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Main Motivation ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

AbstractKnowledge about users interacting with Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG) is fundamental in order to prevent their potential negative effects on behavior. For this reason, the present study analyzed the relationship between styles of play and motivations. An online questionnaire asking for socio-demographic details, playing style, characteristics of the game played and motivations for playing, was answered by 430 Spanish-speaking MMORPG players (45.1% males). The identified profile for players, far away from the stereotype of an adolescent, consisted in a person who mainly plays on PvP (Player versus Player) servers, choosing the type of game according to his experience. Regarding motivations, they were interested in relating with other players through the game (Socialization), in discovering the game’s possibilities and development of its adventures (Exploration), to a lesser extent in leadership and prestige (Achievement) and, lastly, identification with an avatar and escape from reality (Dissociation). Although part of the reason for playing was escapism and/or stress relief, the main motivation had a social nature. We conclude that MMORPG offer an attractive environment for a broad spectrum of people, and we have not been able to confirm the stereotype of a loner avoiding reality, taking refuge in games.

Mediasi Kepuasan Kerja dan Stres Kerja pada Hubungan antara Program Jamsostek dan Kinerja Karyawan Studi Kasus pada Perusahaan Swasta di DIY dan Solo

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Eny Sulistyowati ◽  
Totok Danangdjojo
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Program Performance ◽  
Social Security Program ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

<span><em>This study aims to explain the influence of the Social Security </em><span><em>program on performance and job satisfaction and job stress as a mediating </em><span><em>variable. In addition, this study also describes the effect of job satisfaction on </em><span><em>the performance and the effect of work stress on performance. The relationship of </em><span><em>each variable in this research is to be measured by conducting a survey on 145 </em><span><em>employees of private companies that included in Social Security program on </em><span><em>DIY and Solo. Then the path analisys used to test the effect of social security </em><span><em>program performance in mediation by job satisfaction, performance and job stress</em><span><em>, job satisfaction, and examines the effect on the performance and the effect of </em><span><em>work stress on performance. The results showed that the social security program </em><span><em>significant positively affects job satisfaction and performance. Job satisfaction was </em><span><em>also positively and significantly affect performance. Even though mediating role </em><span><em>of job satisfaction in the relationship between social security program performance </em><span><em>partial. Because merely direct relationship between social security program with </em><span><em>greater performance than the mediating role of job satisfaction. Social Security </em><span><em>program did not significantly affect the stress of work, as well as job stress did </em><span><em>not significantly affect performance. Therefore, the mediating role of work stress </em><span><em>on the relationship between social security program with the performance did not </em><span><em>occur. Individual differences and work experience may be a factor that causes no </em><span><em>significant relationship between the two variables.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span>

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