Digital games often constitute a shared activity where people can spend time together,
communicate and socialize. Several commercial titles place social interaction at the center …

Statistical Significance Testing--or Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST)--is common
to quantitative CHI PLAY research. Drawing from recent work in HCI and psychology …

Current Social VR literature provides limited insight on one of the most critical behaviors for
developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships: self-disclosure. Therefore, we …

Toxic behaviors are pervasive in online games and can be harmful to building a positive
online environment. Guided by the social identity model of deindividuation, this study …

While online multiplayer games provide an opportunity for players to both maintain and
establish new connections, male and female players have been found to experience these …

While video games provide different Player Experiences (PE), some genres can provide
particularly unique PEs driven by their particular features. Such is the case of MOBA …

Consumer social virtual reality (VR) applications have recently started to enable social
interactions at a distance. Yet it is still relatively unknown if and to what extent such …

People often use videogames to restore wellbeing after negative experiences in day-to-day
life. Although some research suggests that play can restore wellbeing, few studies have …

Cheating is a major concern for any gaming environment, but effective solutions are still far
from being found. Previous research has overlooked the social complexity of current video …

The Dualistic Model of Passion (obsessive and harmonious passion) can explain
motivations for videogame play along with associated outcomes, such as the development …