Mentor/s
Professor Mary Ignagni Professor Jennifer McLaughlin
Participation Type
Paper Talk
Abstract
The basic concept for my project will be researching a particular genre of video games. Researching into different game genres, I decided on Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, or more commonly known as MMORPGs. This is a genre that I am very familiar with and would like to look more into its history and development over the past 30 or so years that it has been a genre. In order to include more than one discipline, I wanted to see how a particular game genre affects something outside of computers. For this, I will be looking into psychology. The nature of MMORPGs requires players to be active in the games and looking into how this affects an individual in terms of potential addiction, as well as the social nature of MMORPGs affecting an individual, will be explored.
College and Major available
Game Design & Dev BS
Location
Digital Commons
Start Day/Time
5-5-2021 1:00 PM
End Day/Time
5-5-2021 4:00 PM
MMORPGs’ Effect on the Individual
Digital Commons
The basic concept for my project will be researching a particular genre of video games. Researching into different game genres, I decided on Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, or more commonly known as MMORPGs. This is a genre that I am very familiar with and would like to look more into its history and development over the past 30 or so years that it has been a genre. In order to include more than one discipline, I wanted to see how a particular game genre affects something outside of computers. For this, I will be looking into psychology. The nature of MMORPGs requires players to be active in the games and looking into how this affects an individual in terms of potential addiction, as well as the social nature of MMORPGs affecting an individual, will be explored.
Students' Information
Michael Guay, Game Design and Development, Honors Student, 2021