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"formal avant-garde explores the essence of the videogame medium (e.g. action, procedurality, story) and that the political avant-garde challenges or critiques technoculture through the videogame form."

In the survey, participants filled out a motivations inventory, focusing on the 3 main game-play motivations identified in earlier research on MMO players. The table below summarizes what is encompassed by the 3 main components of the model. The Achievement branch focuses on different ways of gaining power in the game. The Social branch focuses on different ways of relating to other players. And the Immersion branch focuses on different ways of being part of the story and game world.

It's an introduction to what many of us have either experiences first hand, have friends who've experienced abuse online, or we have read stories about it. The article notes that game developers are trying to crack down on it:

One way to invest gaming with the same cultural relevance of other forms of media would be to place players inside compelling, sophisticated stories.

Industry needs skilled gaming professionals. Perhaps community college is the place to focus on skillsets.

""It's supposed to be a game," says de Castell. "And a game is supposed to be relatively insulated from the rules and norms of everyday life. And when that is breached, it's not a game anymore.""

Jenkins explains what IS and IS not transmedia - accessible, engaging and interesting.