최근 중국을 비롯하여 전세계적으로 모바일 게임의 사용자 수와 시장 규모는 지속적으로 확대되고 있다. 성공적인 모바일 게임 특성은 무엇이며 어떤 요소가 사용자에게 영향을 미치는지를 살펴보기 위해 현재 세계 최대 규모의 게임 시장인 중국 모바일 게임의 대표적 특성을 분석하고 이용자가 게임의 선택과 지속적인 이용에 영향을 미치는 중용한 원인을 찾아봤다. 특히, 게임 방송의 영향력을 감안하여 오피니언 리더로서의 게임 BJ 가 사람들의 게임 선택과 지속적인 이용에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지도 함께 살펴보았다. 기술수용모델(TAM, Technology Acceptance Model)에 기반하여 모바일 게임의 특성과 오피니언 리더에 대한 인식의 외적 변수가 게이머 인식(지각된 유용성, 지각된 용이성, 지각된 오락성)에 미치는 영향을 통해 모바일 게임에 대한 태도와 지속적인 이용 의도를 예측하는 모델을 구축하고, 이를 검증하기 위하여 346 명의 게이머를 대상으로 설문 조사를 실시하였다. 분석 결과, 모바일 특성, 특시 상호작용성과 비용 저렴성, 시공간 편의성이 모바일 게임 이용자의 인식에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 오피니언 리더에 대한 인식이 지각된 오락성에 긍정적인 효과를 보였다. 지각된 오락성과 지각된 유용성은 모바일 게임 태도에 유의한 효과를 보였으며, 게임 태도는 지속적 이용 의도를 유의하게 예측하는 결과를 나타냈다.

This study examines the general assumption that serious games can bring about positive effects for purported social changes. The interactive nature of the serious game was thought to be one of the distinctive aspects of the medium as compared with other traditional non- interactive media. To explore whether the interactivity of serious games yields different psychological influences, we conducted an experimental study with a serious game whose narrative concerns the environmental issue, EcoFriendz (N=40). The results illustrate that those who played the video game perceived themselves to be more aware of the environmental problem than those who read the same narrative in a non-interactive text format. Also the game players were more willing to carry out measures to deal with the environmental problem.

This study employed the eye-tracking method to investigate the nature of game players' visual attention on the game's GUI(graphic user interface) elements during game play. The genre of the game (shooting and driving games), the points of view of the game (1st person vs. 3rd person POV), and the game player's proficiency were taken into account to examine their effects on the game player's visual attention. A within-between subject experimental study was conducted (N=26). The results illustrate that the game genre was not a meaningful predictor for neither the frequency or the total duration of visual element per interface element. The point of view had a significant main effect on the game player's frequent change of their eye movement across different elements. The proficiency of game player's gaming skill significantly altered the game player's frequency and duration of visual attention. Proficient gamers were more efficient in distributing their visual attention across various elements of the GUI.

This study investigates if the user's motivation for different game platform affects their tendency for game addiction. Game platforms profoundly relate to characteristics of game contents and the way games are played. While much game market expansion is driven by technological advancement of game platforms such as video and audio, the effect game platforms have on the way game is played is largely overlooked. A survey was conducted to compare PCs, consols, smart phones and smart pads as major game platforms and how users have different motivations for playing those platforms which is expected to associate with the degree of their game addiction. Six motivations were extracted - mobility, contents characteristics, media characteristics, sociality, game interface, and economic profitability. Across the four game platforms, all motivations except for economic profitability were proven to be meaningful predictors of game addiction.