A Review of Humor for Computer Games: Play, Laugh and More

Dormann, Claire; Biddle, Robert

doi:10.1177/1046878109341390

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“…This process has been put forward as a possible explanation for the smiles reported following player-death events (Ravaja et al, 2008). Furthermore, release from tension has been argued one of the reasons for using humour in digital games (Dormann & Biddle, 2009), giving additional credence to the relief explanation.…”

Section: Understanding Player-death Eventsmentioning

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Between Challenge and Defeat: Repeated Player-Death and Game Enjoyment

et al. 2012

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This article contributes to research on the complex relation between dying in a digital game and player experience. In this article, we extend recent findings (Ravaja, Turpeinen, Saari, Keltikangas-Järvinen, & Puttonen, 2008) indicating that player death may induce positive affect. The study explored whether smiling upon dying in a game should be attributed to transient relief experiences or, instead, related to being challenged to try harder. Facial expressions were recorded while players experienced frequent deaths and occasionally reached safe zones in a shooter game. Players, indeed, smiled after dying, as testified by deactivation of the corrugator supercilii and activation of the zygomaticus major. Although retrospective subjective evaluations showed player-death events were appraised negatively, importantly, zygomaticus major activation decreased with repeated player-deaths. Moreover, safe zones did not result in patterns of facial electromyography activity indicating pleasure, countering a transient relief explanation. We propose that, as part of the ongoing game, player death reinforces the sense of challenge that the game offers. While dying may not be fun in itself, being challenged may initially be experienced as enjoyable and, therefore, evoke a smile. Without clear progress in the game and a lost sense of challenge, however, dying is no longer a laughing matter.

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Section: Understanding Player-death Eventsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Between Challenge and Defeat: Repeated Player-Death and Game Enjoyment

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“…Likewise, humor has been used in game play for "smoothing and sustaining game mechanisms, enhancing communication, learning and social presence, making it richer and more fun" [6].…”

Section: Humor and Playfulnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Emerging Model of Creative Game-Based Learning

Sisarica

Maiden

2013

Serious Games Development and Applications

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This is the unspecified version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Abstract. We consider the integration of creative approaches to problem solving into pervasive games is a natural extension of play for creative thinkingone that can innovatively drive technology-led changes to the facilitation of creative thinking and pose a new genre in serious gaming for learning. This paper presents an initial proposal of a new model of creative game-base learning (CGBL), which emerged through mapping of established characteristics of climates that encourage creativity and innovation to characteristics of effective serious games. Permanent

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“…Likewise, humor has been used in game play for "smoothing and sustaining game mechanisms, enhancing communication, learning and social presence, making it richer and more fun" [8].…”

Section: Humor and Playfulnessmentioning

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Creativity support in a serious game for dementia care

Sisarica

Maiden

Morosini

et al. 2013

Proceedings of the 9th ACM Conference on Creativity &Amp; Cognition

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This is the unspecified version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link ABSTRACTThis paper advocates the use of computer-based serious games as a form of creativity support tool. Whilst the use of serious games has grown considerably in recent years, support for players to think creatively is often implicit in the game, and does not exploit the wide range of creativity techniques and software tools available. This paper makes the case for explicit creativity support in serious games, explores how implicit creativity support can be delivered in game play, and extends one reported model of serious game play with activities in which players deploy different forms of supported creative thinking. The model is then applied to inform 2 versions of a serious game developed to train carers in creativity techniques to deliver more personcentered care to people with dementia. Each version of the game was delivered as a prototype to support playtesting of the game and its effect on carer training.

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A Review of Humor for Computer Games: Play, Laugh and More

Cited by 43 publications

References 25 publications

Between Challenge and Defeat: Repeated Player-Death and Game Enjoyment

Between Challenge and Defeat: Repeated Player-Death and Game Enjoyment

An Emerging Model of Creative Game-Based Learning

Creativity support in a serious game for dementia care

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