Game design as marketing: How game mechanics create demand for virtual goods [PDF]
International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management, 2010 Selling virtual goods for real money is an increasingly popular revenue model for massively-multiplayer online games (MMOs), social networking sites (SNSs) and other online hangouts.
Lehdonvirta, V., Hamari, J.
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Why do gamers buy 'virtual assets'? An insight in to the psychology behind purchase behaviour [PDF]
, 2015 The present study investigated the phenomenon of buying 'virtual assets' for game avatars. Virtual Assets are items that are bought with real-world money for an avatar in-game.
Cleghorn, J, Griffiths, MD
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Analyse de l’activité de joueurs dans deux jeux de rôle en ligne massivement multijoueurs
ActivitésMassively multiplayer online role-playing games offer a particular field for the study of narrative activity. This activity takes place within the universe of an online game where the players evolve and where they develop their character.
Floriane Owczarek
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Putting the "Fun Factor" Into Gaming: The Influence of Social Contexts on Experiences of Playing Videogames [PDF]
, 2012 The increasingly social nature of gaming suggests the importance of understanding its associated experiences and potential outcomes. This study examined the influence of social processes in gameplay and different gaming contexts on the experience of ...
Bryce, Jo, Kaye, Linda Katherine
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Dynamic Load Balancing for Massively Multiplayer Online Games
, 2018 In recent years, there has been an important growth of online gaming. Today’s Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) can contain millions of synchronous players scattered across the world and participating with each other within a single shared game.
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Experience shapes non-linearities between team behavioral interdependence, team collaboration, and performance in massively multiplayer online games. [PDF]
Sci RepCarrasco-Farré C, Hakobjanyan N.
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Impact of Gaming (Gamification) on Diabetes Self-Care Behaviors and Glycemic Outcomes Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes. [PDF]
Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care, 2023 Brady VJ, Mathew Joseph N, Ju HH.
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Internet gaming disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning in adults: a systematic review. [PDF]
Front PsychiatryZhou X, Chen J, Yao J, Chui DT, Tang SK.
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A Peer-Led School-Based Intervention for Safer Internet Use Among Primary School Students: A Controlled Pre-Post Study. [PDF]
CureusSiafarika E +6 more
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Unveiling the nexus of the relationship between multiplayer digital game-playing experience and workplace loneliness: a moderated serial mediation analysis. [PDF]
BMC PsycholAkgün AE, Keskin H, Esen E, Aksoy Z.
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