Taking fun seriously: Using cognitive models to reason about interaction with computer games

@article{citeulike:1526768, abstract = {Abstract\ \ This paper seeks to extend the application of techniques from affective psychology to show how cognitive models can be used to represent and reason about interaction with computer games. It is argued that this modelling activity provides insights into the motivational appeal that often distinguishes computer games from other forms of human computer interaction. The long-term aim behind this research is to use our improved understanding of interaction with computer games to inform the subsequent development of more general classes of interactive systems. Barnard's Interacting Cognitive Subsystems (ICS) is used throughout this paper. This decision is justified by the fact that ICS has already been applied to analyse the negative emotions surrounding clinical depression. This previous work provides a useful starting point for our investigation of the more positive emotions evoked during interaction with computer games. A further justification is that ICS has also been successfully used to represent and reason about the design of human computer interfaces.}, author = {Johnson, Chris }, citeulike-article-id = {1526768}, doi = {10.1007/BF01305335}, journal = {Personal and Ubiquitous Computing}, keywords = {emotions, fun, ika, ui}, number = {3}, pages = {105--116}, posted-at = {2007-08-01 10:21:53}, priority = {2}, title = {Taking fun seriously: Using cognitive models to reason about interaction with computer games}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01305335}, volume = {3}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1526768 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1526768 TI - Taking fun seriously: Using cognitive models to reason about interaction with computer games JF - Personal and Ubiquitous Computing VL - 3 IS - 3 SP - 105 EP - 116 N2 - Abstract  This paper seeks to extend the application of techniques from affective psychology to show how cognitive models can be used to represent and reason about interaction with computer games. It is argued that this modelling activity provides insights into the motivational appeal that often distinguishes computer games from other forms of human computer interaction. The long-term aim behind this research is to use our improved understanding of interaction with computer games to inform the subsequent development of more general classes of interactive systems. Barnard's Interacting Cognitive Subsystems (ICS) is used throughout this paper. This decision is justified by the fact that ICS has already been applied to analyse the negative emotions surrounding clinical depression. This previous work provides a useful starting point for our investigation of the more positive emotions evoked during interaction with computer games. A further justification is that ICS has also been successfully used to represent and reason about the design of human computer interfaces. KW - emotions KW - fun KW - ika KW - ui AU - Johnson, Chris PY - 1999//25/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01305335 ER -