TY - GEN
T1 - Blissfully productive
T2 - 2008 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW 08
AU - Bardzell, Shaowen
AU - Bardzell, Jeffrey
AU - Pace, Tyler
AU - Reed, Kayce
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Gaming has attracted growing interest in both CSCW and HCI in recent years. We contribute to this line of research by analyzing collaboration in 5-person instance runs in World of Warcraft, an aspect of the game that is considered routine and mundane work by players yet remains largely unexamined in current literature. Using a combination of ethnographic observation, interview, chat and video log analysis, we unpack the conditions under which players can produce the most effective outcomes while having fun, and offer a three-level model of successful instance runs.
AB - Gaming has attracted growing interest in both CSCW and HCI in recent years. We contribute to this line of research by analyzing collaboration in 5-person instance runs in World of Warcraft, an aspect of the game that is considered routine and mundane work by players yet remains largely unexamined in current literature. Using a combination of ethnographic observation, interview, chat and video log analysis, we unpack the conditions under which players can produce the most effective outcomes while having fun, and offer a three-level model of successful instance runs.
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U2 - 10.1145/1460563.1460621
DO - 10.1145/1460563.1460621
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950853745
SN - 9781605580074
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
SP - 357
EP - 360
BT - CSCW 08 - Conference Proceedings, 2008 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Y2 - 8 November 2008 through 12 November 2008
ER -