{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1976131072","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1541895.1541906","title":"The gamer experience","display_name":"The gamer experience","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1976131072","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1541895.1541906","mag":"1976131072"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/1541895.1541906","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1541895.1541906","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S131145815","display_name":"Computers in entertainment","issn_l":"1544-3574","issn":["1544-3574","1544-3981"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Computers in Entertainment","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083289819","display_name":"Panagiotis Zaharias","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98805295","display_name":"University of the Aegean","ror":"https://ror.org/03zsp3p94","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98805295"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Panagiotis Zaharias","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of the Aegean, Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of the Aegean, Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98805295"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001018411","display_name":"Anthony Papargyris","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I73142707","display_name":"Athens University of Economics and Business","ror":"https://ror.org/03s262162","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I73142707"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anthony Papargyris","raw_affiliation_strings":["Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece","Athens University of Economics and Business , Athens, Greece"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I73142707"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Athens University of Economics and Business , Athens, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I73142707"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":7.0867,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":20,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.96240679,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"7","issue":"2","first_page":"1","last_page":"24"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11197","display_name":"Digital Games and Media","score":0.9947999715805054,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11197","display_name":"Digital Games and Media","score":0.9947999715805054,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10609","display_name":"Digital Marketing and Social Media","score":0.9941999912261963,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.9902999997138977,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/usability","display_name":"Usability","score":0.9109259247779846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perception","display_name":"Perception","score":0.6084045767784119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/exploratory-research","display_name":"Exploratory research","score":0.5758165121078491},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.5438090562820435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.5311924815177917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cultural-diversity","display_name":"Cultural diversity","score":0.5159426331520081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metaverse","display_name":"Metaverse","score":0.4266353249549866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.393511563539505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia","display_name":"Multimedia","score":0.32570672035217285},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.30884742736816406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.2913631200790405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-reality","display_name":"Virtual reality","score":0.22773441672325134},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociology","display_name":"Sociology","score":0.21965757012367249},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geography","display_name":"Geography","score":0.09065791964530945}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170130773","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216378","display_name":"Usability","level":2,"score":0.9109259247779846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.6084045767784119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C85973986","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1091731","display_name":"Exploratory research","level":2,"score":0.5758165121078491},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.5438090562820435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5311924815177917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125209646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1338878","display_name":"Cultural diversity","level":2,"score":0.5159426331520081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53332860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2632041","display_name":"Metaverse","level":3,"score":0.4266353249549866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.393511563539505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.32570672035217285},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.30884742736816406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2913631200790405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194969405","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170519","display_name":"Virtual reality","level":2,"score":0.22773441672325134},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.21965757012367249},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.09065791964530945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19165224","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23404","display_name":"Anthropology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/1541895.1541906","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1541895.1541906","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S131145815","display_name":"Computers in entertainment","issn_l":"1544-3574","issn":["1544-3574","1544-3981"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Computers in Entertainment","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":44,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W44657489","https://openalex.org/W48382733","https://openalex.org/W93247917","https://openalex.org/W137008649","https://openalex.org/W847431122","https://openalex.org/W1232037816","https://openalex.org/W1486910208","https://openalex.org/W1495038747","https://openalex.org/W1512545442","https://openalex.org/W1526955160","https://openalex.org/W1533303676","https://openalex.org/W1542781530","https://openalex.org/W1579648105","https://openalex.org/W1591759075","https://openalex.org/W1900085948","https://openalex.org/W1972036858","https://openalex.org/W1972418446","https://openalex.org/W1980850924","https://openalex.org/W1982551950","https://openalex.org/W2020619880","https://openalex.org/W2043687274","https://openalex.org/W2064468954","https://openalex.org/W2065019996","https://openalex.org/W2074700135","https://openalex.org/W2081293903","https://openalex.org/W2085625838","https://openalex.org/W2093611241","https://openalex.org/W2100697192","https://openalex.org/W2116339812","https://openalex.org/W2129842802","https://openalex.org/W2131664240","https://openalex.org/W2144446652","https://openalex.org/W2172231714","https://openalex.org/W2283630310","https://openalex.org/W2523794121","https://openalex.org/W2740055365","https://openalex.org/W2778576131","https://openalex.org/W3016269539","https://openalex.org/W3121908484","https://openalex.org/W3125589117","https://openalex.org/W4293157137","https://openalex.org/W6629315969","https://openalex.org/W6678755729","https://openalex.org/W6991967607"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4389670110","https://openalex.org/W2187546663","https://openalex.org/W2429057255","https://openalex.org/W148745890","https://openalex.org/W2611942503","https://openalex.org/W4315621326","https://openalex.org/W2899790217","https://openalex.org/W1576092969","https://openalex.org/W2598865957","https://openalex.org/W2524154428"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Massively":[0],"multiplayer":[1],"online":[2,49],"games":[3],"(MMOGs)":[4],"are":[5,116,132],"persisted":[6],"virtual":[7],"worlds":[8],"capable":[9],"of":[10,15,55,82,87,125,140,142,152],"supporting":[11],"hundreds":[12],"or":[13],"thousands":[14],"gamers":[16,26],"simultaneously.":[17],"Although":[18],"every":[19],"MMOG":[20,121],"environment":[21],"has":[22],"its":[23,102],"own":[24],"\u201cculture,\u201d":[25],"originate":[27],"from":[28],"different":[29,32,36],"countries,":[30],"speak":[31],"languages,":[33],"and":[34,52,63,79,110,137],"have":[35,146],"national":[37],"cultural":[38,45,77],"backgrounds.":[39],"It":[40],"is":[41,61,66,89,95,157],"assumed":[42],"that":[43,130],"gamers'":[44,76],"diversity":[46],"affects":[47],"their":[48,53,80],"gaming":[50],"experience":[51],"perceptions":[54,81],"a":[56],"game's":[57],"usability;":[58],"nevertheless":[59],"knowledge":[60],"limited":[62],"relevant":[64,155],"research":[65,163],"rare.":[67],"This":[68],"study":[69,128],"aims":[70],"for":[71,149],"an":[72],"empirical":[73],"investigation":[74],"between":[75,135],"dimensions":[78,112],"usability.":[83],"A":[84,154],"subjective":[85],"measurement":[86],"usability":[88,94,141],"given":[90],"in":[91,97],"this":[92,126],"study;":[93],"viewed":[96],"more":[98],"holistic":[99],"terms,":[100],"beyond":[101],"functional":[103],"dimensions,":[104],"so":[105],"as":[106,113],"to":[107],"capture":[108],"social":[109],"affective":[111],"well,":[114],"which":[115],"very":[117],"important":[118],"within":[119],"the":[120,138,150],"context.":[122],"The":[123],"findings":[124],"exploratory":[127],"indicate":[129],"there":[131],"quantitative":[133],"relationships":[134],"culture":[136],"perception":[139],"MMOGs.":[143,153],"Such":[144],"results":[145],"practical":[147],"implications":[148],"designers":[151],"discussion":[156],"also":[158],"presented,":[159],"along":[160],"with":[161],"future":[162],"dimensions.":[164]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}