Recategorization of Video Game Genres

Shawn M. Doherty; Joseph R. Keebler; Shayn S. Davidson; Evan M. Palmer; Christina M. Frederick

doi:10.1177/1541931218621473

Recategorization of Video Game Genres

Shawn M. Doherty, Joseph R. Keebler, Shayn S. Davidson, Evan M. Palmer, Christina M. Frederick

Human Factors & Behavioral Neurobiology

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Abstract

While the categories that are typically used to discriminate games have been useful in the past, more recently game mechanics have become utilized by a wider range of games, leading to earlier definitions becoming a less valuable categorization tool. This paper attempts to provide various ways games could be classified by focusing on the types of emotions they evoke, the skills they require or their relations with personality or cognitive variables. A description of those categories and the challenge in using them to define games is outlined as well as five alternate methods that may help make distinctions between games clearer.

Original language	American English
Journal	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
Volume	62
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621473
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

Keywords

game classification
game descriptors
game categories
game genre

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Human Factors Psychology
Computer Sciences
Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces

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