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Gaming at a LAN event: the social context of playing video games
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An exploratory survey was undertaken about the appeal of playing video games at a Local Area Network (LAN) event where personal computers are linked in order to play both face-to-face and online. First, we wanted to know who the visitors of a LAN event were, because there is hardly any research available about this class of gamers. Second, we wanted to know why they participated in a LAN event. The survey showed that LAN gamers were almost exclusively male, with a mean age of 19.5 years. They devoted about 2.6 hours each day to gaming. They were motivated by social contact and a need to know more about games. The competition motive was third in the total sample. A subgroup of heavy gamers obtained a higher score on competition. This article emphasizes the importance of the social context of gaming and interprets its results as a nuance of the stereotype of the solitary, adolescent gamer.
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- Authors
- Jansz, J., & Martens, L.
- Venue
- New Media & Society
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-06
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 333-355
- ISSN
- 1461-4448 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7315
- OpenAlex
- W2162094366
- Cited by
- 285
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 37.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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