ABSTRACT Avatar-mediated communication (AMC), commonly used in online environments
such as games and the emerging metaverse, is different from traditional computer-mediated …

Online games are popular technology-enabled applications designed to satisfy a wide
range of player needs. Self-determination theory (SDT) has been used in past online game …

Social identification theory (SIT) posits that social identification predicts individuals'
commitment and loyalty. However, SIT has not clarified the mechanism underlying the …

Current research on teammate recommendation decision in various fields is difficult to apply
to knowledge-intensive crowdsourcing, which needs to make a trade-off between solver …

Online games generate enormous revenues for game makers, but game makers encounter
the difficulty in ensuring that in-game tasks are sufficiently challenging to elicit achievement …

Online gaming is quickly gaining popularity, but the effects of game streaming and social
connections on player loyalty remain under-explored. This study aimed to investigate the …

Purpose Focusing on the social influence processes in the context of massively multiplayer
online role-playing games (MMORPGs), this study aims to investigate the nomological …

Online games are highly popular computer applications that generate enormous profits for
companies that produce games. Online players actively participate and interact in gaming …

Since the beginning of the industry, role-playing games (RPGs) have been among the most
widely played game categories. As one of the worldwide top-grossing role-playing games in …

Online games are popular computer applications around the globe. Games are frequently
designed to require extensive in-game knowledge to attain in-game goals, so it may be …