Video Games

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Demanding Nature of Video Game Play by Nicholas D. Bowman







2. Video Games and Cognitive Skills by C. Shawn Green







3. The Role of Engagement in Facilitating Game-Based Persuasion by Brett Sherrick







4. Research on the Emotions Caused by Video Games Demands Integration by Matthew Grizzard and C. Joseph Francemone







5. Gaming Is Awesome! A Theoretical Model on Cognitive Demands and the Elicitation of Awe during Video Game Play by Danile Possler, Christoph Klimmt and Arthur A. Raney







6. Behavioral Demands as Behavioral Affordances in Video Games by Allison Eden, David R. Ewoldsen, Joomi Lee, and David Beyea







7. Applying Psychological Theory to In-Game Moral Behaviors Through the Development of a Purpose-Made Game by Sarah E. Hodge, John McAlaney, Christos Gatzidis, Eike Falk Anderson, Davide Melacca, and Jacqui Taylor







8. A Communication Model of Social Demands in Video Games by Jorge Pena







9. Tandem Play: Theorizing Sociality in Single Player Gameplay by Mia Consalvo, Jason Begy, Sarah Christina Ganzon, and Rainforest Scully-Blaker







10. Social Demand in Video Games and the Synchronization Theory of Flow by Kevin Kryston, Eric Novotny, Ralf Schmalzle, and Ron Tamborini







11. Explicating the Electricity of eSports: Motivations for Play and Consumption by Kenon A. Brown, Andrew C. Billings, Melvin Lewis, and Kimberly Bissell







12. Live Streams and Revenue Streams: Twitch as a Hybrid Gaming Culture by John A. Velez, Melissa R. Gotlieb, Geoffrey Graybeal, Alan Abitbol, and Jonathan A. Villarreal



13. Development of the Video Game Demand Scale by Nicholas David Bowman, Joseph Wasserman, and Jaime Banks