“One of the baddies all along”: Moments that challenge a player’s perspective

Matthew Alexander Whitby; Sebastian Deterding; Ioanna Iacovides

doi:10.1145/3311350.3347192

“One of the baddies all along”: Moments that challenge a player’s perspective

Matthew Alexander Whitby, Sebastian Deterding, Ioanna Iacovides

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Abstract

Reflection has become a core interest for game designers. However, empirical research into the kinds and causes for reflection within games is scarce. We therefore conducted an online questionnaire where participants (n=101) openly reported perspective-challenging moments within games, their causes, experience, and impact. Where past work has emphasised transformative reflection that changes player’s views and behaviour outside the game, we found that players report predominantly moments of ‘endo’-transformative reflection, which is focused on players’ game-related behaviour and concepts. We further identify some causes of perspective-challenging moments relating to narrative, game systems, game-external sources, and player expectations. Narrative reveals emerge as a key cause of perspective challenge.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI PLAY 2019 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Publisher	ACM
Pages	339-350
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450366885
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347192
Publication status	Published - 17 Oct 2019
Event	6th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2019 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 22 Oct 2019 → 25 Oct 2019

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Name	CHI PLAY 2019 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Conference

Conference	6th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2019
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	22/10/19 → 25/10/19

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Keywords

Appreciation
Meaningful games
Perspective challenge
Plot twists
Reflection
Reflective informatics

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Whitby, M. A., Deterding, S., & Iacovides, I. (2019). “One of the baddies all along”: Moments that challenge a player’s perspective. In CHI PLAY 2019 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (pp. 339-350). (CHI PLAY 2019 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347192

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Whitby, MA, Deterding, S & Iacovides, I 2019, “One of the baddies all along”: Moments that challenge a player’s perspective. in CHI PLAY 2019 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. CHI PLAY 2019 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, ACM, pp. 339-350, 6th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2019, Barcelona, Spain, 22/10/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347192

“One of the baddies all along”: Moments that challenge a player’s perspective. / Whitby, Matthew Alexander; Deterding, Sebastian ; Iacovides, Ioanna.
CHI PLAY 2019 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM, 2019. p. 339-350 (CHI PLAY 2019 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play).

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