Mekler, Elisa, Iacovides, Ioanna orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-8440 and Bopp, Julia (2018) A Game that Makes You Question...” Exploring the Role of Reflection for the Player Experience. In: Proceedings of the annual ACM Conference CHI Play 2018. ACM
Abstract
Reflection is a core design outcome for HCI, and recent work has suggested that games are well suited for prompting and supporting reflection on a variety of matters. However, research about what sorts of reflection, if any, players experience, or what benefits they might derive from it, is scarce. We report on an interview study that explored when instances of reflection occurred, at what level players reflected on their gaming experience, as well as their reactions. Our findings revealed that many players considered reflection to be a worthwhile activity in itself, highlighting its significance for the player experience beyond moment-to-moment gameplay. However, while players engaged in reflective description and dialogic reflection, we observed little to no instances of higher-level transformative and critical reflection. We conclude with a discussion of the value and challenges inherent to evaluating reflection on games.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2018 Association for Computing Machinery. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2018 08:00 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:32 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3242671.3242691 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | ACM |
Identification Number: | 10.1145/3242671.3242691 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:134920 |
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