Digital games often constitute a shared activity where people can spend time together,
communicate and socialize. Several commercial titles place social interaction at the center …

In the last decades, researchers in Human-computer interaction (HCI) took numerous efforts
to investigate people's social media interaction. To understand how researchers in HCI have …

Toxic behavior remains a salient challenge for online gaming environments, such as
multiplayer online battle arena video games (MOBAs). In this study, we sought to understand …

Location-based games (LBGs) are typically played outdoors, as moving in the game is done
by moving in the real world. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, people were advised …

The recent popularity of augmented reality (AR) devices has enabled players to participate
in interactive narratives through virtual events and characters populated in a real-world …

Augmented reality (AR) games such as location-based games add virtual content on top of
the real world. We investigate why playing these games feels meaningful to players by …

Location-based multiplayer games such as Pokémon GO are tied to real-world locations.
Past research has demonstrated that, consequently, these games influence where players …

In early 2020, as a countermeasure to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic,
governments issued limitations on the movements of their citizens, cancelling social events …

Today, millions worldwide play popular location-based games (LBGs) such as Pokémon
GO. LBGs are designed to be played outdoors, and past research has shown that they can …

Play is an essential part of the human experience and can be found throughout the lifespan.
While play has long been of interest to the HCI community, research has often focused on …