Search results: Sage Journals

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published July, 2011

Player Character Engagement in Computer Games

Petri Lankoski

Games and Culture

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September, 2024

Playing with Character: A Framework of Characterization in Video Games

Alexander Vandewalle, Steven Malliet, Kristoffel Demoen

Games and Culture

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published May, 2022

Masculine Pleasures as Normalized Practices: Character Design in the Video Game Industry

Jessica E. Tompkins, Nicole Martins

Games and Culture

Open accessResearch articleFirst published 2025

Character-Driven Storytelling Design for Digital Games: A Scoping Review

Athirah Zaini, Allan Fowler, Robert Amor [...]

Games and Culture

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published October, 2017

“Is It Too Much to Ask That We’re Allowed to Win the Game?”: Character Attachment and Agency in the Mass Effect 3 Ending Controversy

Jacqueline Burgess, Christian M. Jones

Bulletin of Science,Technology & Society

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published 2024

Examining How Sex Appeal Cues and Strength Cues Influence Impressions of Female Video Game Characters

Teresa Lynch, Annie Dooley, Matthew R. Erxleben

Communication Research

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published March, 2023

The Moral Service of Trans NPCs: Examining the Roles of Transgender Non-Player Characters in Role-Playing Video Games

Aiden J. Kosciesza

Games and Culture

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September, 2007

Personality and Fantasy Game Character Preferences

Anna E. Park, Tracy B. Henley

Imagination,Cognition and Personality

Open accessResearch articleFirst published October, 2020

The Influence of Game Character Appearance on Empathy and Immersion: Virtual Non-Robotic Versus Robotic Animals

Alexandra Sierra Rativa, Marie Postma, Menno Van Zaanen

Simulation & Gaming

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published October, 2013

Superman vs. BAD Man? The Effects of Empathy and Game Character in Violent Video Games

Christian Happ, André Melzer, Georges Steffgen

Cyberpsychology,Behavior,and Social Networking

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published July, 2011

Player Character Engagement in Computer Games

Petri Lankoski

Games and Culture

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September, 2024

Playing with Character: A Framework of Characterization in Video Games

Alexander Vandewalle, Steven Malliet, Kristoffel Demoen

Games and Culture

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published May, 2022

Masculine Pleasures as Normalized Practices: Character Design in the Video Game Industry

Jessica E. Tompkins, Nicole Martins

Games and Culture

Open accessResearch articleFirst published 2025

Character-Driven Storytelling Design for Digital Games: A Scoping Review

Athirah Zaini, Allan Fowler, Robert Amor [...]

Games and Culture

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published October, 2017

“Is It Too Much to Ask That We’re Allowed to Win the Game?”: Character Attachment and Agency in the Mass Effect 3 Ending Controversy

Jacqueline Burgess, Christian M. Jones

Bulletin of Science,Technology & Society

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published 2024

Examining How Sex Appeal Cues and Strength Cues Influence Impressions of Female Video Game Characters

Teresa Lynch, Annie Dooley, Matthew R. Erxleben

Communication Research

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published March, 2023

The Moral Service of Trans NPCs: Examining the Roles of Transgender Non-Player Characters in Role-Playing Video Games

Aiden J. Kosciesza

Games and Culture

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published September, 2007

Personality and Fantasy Game Character Preferences

Anna E. Park, Tracy B. Henley

Imagination,Cognition and Personality

Open accessResearch articleFirst published October, 2020

The Influence of Game Character Appearance on Empathy and Immersion: Virtual Non-Robotic Versus Robotic Animals

Alexandra Sierra Rativa, Marie Postma, Menno Van Zaanen

Simulation & Gaming

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published October, 2013

Superman vs. BAD Man? The Effects of Empathy and Game Character in Violent Video Games

Christian Happ, André Melzer, Georges Steffgen

Cyberpsychology,Behavior,and Social Networking