In this article we argue that to study or apply games as learning environments, multiple
perspectives have to be taken into account. We first define game-based learning and …

Video games have long been seen as the exclusive territory of young, heterosexual white
males. In a media landscape dominated by such gamers, players who do not fit this mold …

Fostering intrinsic motivation with interactive applications can increase the enjoyment that
people experience when using technology, but can also translate into more invested effort …

Despite growing interest in studying the metaverse, a theory-driven investigation into the
factors that contribute to an enjoyable metaverse experience remains scarce. The current …

This review proposes that transportation and identification are distinct forms of engaging
with narratives, that they are enhanced by different factors and that they have distinct roles in …

Electronic games are now an everyday part of childhood and adolescence. The debate has
moved from whether children should play video games to how to maximize potential benefits …

Moral dilemmas have become increasingly popular in single player video games, although it
is still widely unknown why players find them pleasurable, how they process dilemmas, and …

This article introduces an explication of video game players' identification with a game
character or role that is based on social–psychological models of self-perception …

The spreading of devices and applications allowing people to collect personal information
opens new opportunities for Personal Informatics. Although many of these tools are already …

In this paper, we present a Player Identification (PI) scale for measuring identification in
MMORPGs. Three main dimensions were derived from the literature (1) Avatar (character) …