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Mechanizmy zarządzania emocjami w grach wideo
Mechanisms of Managing Emotions in Video Games

Author(s): Mirosław Wobalis
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Communication studies, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: video games; mechanics; emotions; relationships; interaction; communication;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses issues related to the mechanisms of managing player emotions in video games. The author presents and indicates researchers’ main findings regarding emotions and their role in human life but also the basic functions of emotions in art and video games. Games are described as a medium characterized by communicative feedback between a human (player) and a machine (game), resulting in the occurrence of strong emotional impulses during the act of playing. The article refers to and interprets research on emotional reactions while playing video games and indicates the role of emotions in the marketing positioning of games.

  • Issue Year: 33/2023
  • Issue No: 42
  • Page Range: 175-188
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish