Statistical Significance Testing--or Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST)--is common
to quantitative CHI PLAY research. Drawing from recent work in HCI and psychology …

Virtual reality (VR) has disrupted the gaming market and is rapidly becoming ubiquitous. Yet
differences between VR and traditional mediums, such as controllers that are visible in the …

Visual embellishments (VEs) are design elements that support information already
conveyed by other means. In games, this concept is known as juiciness, and refers to the …

Games and play research at CHI employs psychological theory to investigate the ways that
varied qualities of people, videogames, and play contexts contribute to nuances in player …

While evidence supports that some commercial off-the-shelf video games may promote
mental wellbeing, it is an extensive time investment to experimentally identify games that …

Self-determination theory (SDT), a psychological theory of human motivation, is a prominent
paradigm in human–computer interaction (HCI) research on games. However, our prior …

People often use videogames to restore wellbeing after negative experiences in day-to-day
life. Although some research suggests that play can restore wellbeing, few studies have …

Personalization has been explored in the context of games in many forms (eg, dynamic
difficulty adjustment, affective video games, adaptive systems, experience-driven PCG, etc.) …

Affect-adaptive video games are increasingly concerned with changing game material
based on the emotional states of player to best elicit the optimal experience. However …

Research on videogames has highlighted numerous player-centered antecedents to
perceptions and outcomes of gameplay. However, few studies have focused on the specific …