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Out of sight, out of mind: co-player effects on seniors' player experience

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Brian J. Gajadhar,

Henk Herman Nap,

Yvonne A. W. de Kort,

Wijnand A. IJsselsteijnAuthors Info & Claims

Fun and Games '10: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fun and Games

Pages 74 - 83

https://doi.org/10.1145/1823818.1823826

Published: 15 September 2010 Publication History

Abstract

Digital games are an excellent means to meet and socialize with others in leisure time. Online co-play could in particular be of great value for isolated and less mobile seniors. However, recent findings suggest that seniors have negative perceptions about mediated co-play over the Internet. Since no empirical results are available for senior gamers, we studied seniors' player experience in three play configurations with increasing levels of social presence: virtual, mediated, and co-located co-play. Results showed that -- in contrast to young adults -- the increase in a positive player experience as a result from the presence of social elements does not entirely hold for senior gamers. Online co-play is experienced as least enjoyable and seniors' sense of social presence is not affected when a computer controlled co-player is substituted by a distant human co-player.

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Fun and Games '10: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fun and Games

September 2010

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DOI:10.1145/1823818

General Chairs:
Vero Vanden Abeele
e-Media Lab, GROUP T - Leuven Engineering College, Belgium
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Bieke Zaman
CUO, KULeuven/IBBT, Belgium
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Marianna Obrist
ICT&S Center, Salzburg, Austria
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Wijnand IJsselsteijn
Game Experience Lab, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

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