Emotion States in Video Game Play: A Study on the Emotional Exhibition of 18-30 Years Old Americans within MOBA Game

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.289How to use a DOI?

Keywords

MOBA games; Emotional experience; Positive emotions; Negative emotions

Abstract

Online video games in now widely considered as one of the best activities that entertained people. Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), as one of the most popular types of video games, has received a lot of attention. This work aims to study the emotional states of 18-30 years old Americans within and after MOBA gameplay, the reasons for the exhibition of emotions, and the duration of emotions. Results show a mixed state of positive and negative emotion exhibited while playing MOBA games and was closely related to gaming scenes. The researcher recommends that other emotions such as frustration, melancholy, pride, and contempt could be included in future research.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sicheng Li
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - Emotion States in Video Game Play: A Study on the Emotional Exhibition of 18-30 Years Old Americans within MOBA Game
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1710
EP  - 1714
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.289
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.289
ID  - Li2021
ER  -