The social side of gaming: a study of interaction patterns in a massively multiplayer online game Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:258148, abstract = {Playing computer games has become a social experience. Hundreds of thousands of players interact in massively multiplayer online games (MMORPGs), a recent and successful genre descending from the pioneering multi-user dungeons (MUDs). These new games are purposefully designed to encourage interactions among players, but little is known about the nature and structure of these interactions. In this paper, we analyze player-to-player interactions in two locations in the game Star Wars Galaxies. We outline different patterns of interactivity, and discuss how they are affected by the structure of the game. We conclude with a series of recommendations for the design and support of social activities within multiplayer games.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Ducheneaut, Nicolas and Moore, Robert J.}, booktitle = {CSCW '04: Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work}, citeulike-article-id = {258148}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1031667}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1031607.1031667}, doi = {10.1145/1031607.1031667}, isbn = {1581138105}, keywords = {design, games, interaction, interactivity, multiplayer, recommendations, social}, pages = {360--369}, posted-at = {2007-12-29 06:46:21}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM Press}, title = {The social side of gaming: a study of interaction patterns in a massively multiplayer online game}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1031607.1031667}, year = {2004} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:258148 L3 - citeulike-article-id:258148 N2 - Playing computer games has become a social experience. Hundreds of thousands of players interact in massively multiplayer online games (MMORPGs), a recent and successful genre descending from the pioneering multi-user dungeons (MUDs). These new games are purposefully designed to encourage interactions among players, but little is known about the nature and structure of these interactions. In this paper, we analyze player-to-player interactions in two locations in the game Star Wars Galaxies. We outline different patterns of interactivity, and discuss how they are affected by the structure of the game. We conclude with a series of recommendations for the design and support of social activities within multiplayer games. SN - 1581138105 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 369 TI - The social side of gaming: a study of interaction patterns in a massively multiplayer online game PB - ACM Press T2 - CSCW '04: Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work SP - 360 KW - design KW - games KW - interaction KW - interactivity KW - multiplayer KW - recommendations KW - social AU - Ducheneaut, Nicolas AU - Moore, Robert PY - 2004/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1031607.1031667 ER -