The methodology is showcased by means of three case studies as examples of practical applications of the methodology.
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The main contribution of this thesis is a three-part, step-by-step methodology of data collection for the study of PC games using video records as data within a robust framework. A unified method of data collection would ideally be robust enough to be applied to different genres (e.g., adventure, MMORPGs, point-and-click games) and could produce verifiable results, allowing researchers to compare like-with-like and make data sharable across disciplines to encourage the interdisciplinary study of video games. This thesis intends to build on such studies to propose a more cohesive approach to data collection for the study of games that also contributes to the field of research methods. Instead, individual studies use methodological approaches that start from zero every time, thus creating information silos that provide interesting individual and anecdotal insights, but that do little to advance this field as a whole. While the video game industry has well-established methods of data collection (in the form of game metrics) to deal with the inherent complexity of video games, the field of game research has not sufficiently addressed its own status as an independent field of inquiry with a unified approach to data collection for game analysis. In the past 40 years, computer games have become an overwhelming success in the entertainment industries as well as an established cultural medium. The study concludes with the tentative suggestion that positive perceptions of other players’ out-of-game identity can save a game from falling apart, yet negative perceptions of other players’ values and out-of-game identities pose no threat to the game activity. By negotiating the boundary between their in-game identity, based on gaming skill, and other social relations outside of the game context, players can constitute a more stable game session. We use Goffman’s idea that activities are surrounded by a metaphorical frame together with an understanding of gameplay design patterns in order to analyze inclusion and exclusion, social positions and the relation between the game context and the players’ “wider worlds.” In the case of L4D2 the design pattern of Symbiotic Player Relationships creates a social situation that puts extra pressure on the players to perform well and leads to issues of identity. The study focuses on how PUGs as social arenas are constituted by their participants and the role game design plays in structuring interaction. In this article we report an autoethnographic study of pickup groups (PUGs) in the game Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2).
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