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Wii all play: the console game as a computational meeting place

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Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Human factors in computing systems table of contents

Boston, MA, USA

SESSION: New gaming experiences table of contents

Pages 1559-1568

Year of Publication: 2009

ISBN:978-1-60558-246-7

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Amy Voida	University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Saul Greenberg	University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
ACM: Association for Computing Machinery

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

In this paper, we present results from a qualitative study of collocated group console gaming. We focus on motivations for, perceptions of, and practices surrounding the shared use of console games by a variety of established groups of gamers. These groups include both intragenerational groups of youth, adults, and elders as well as intergenerational families. Our analysis highlights the numerous ways that console games serve as a computational meeting place for a diverse population of gamers.

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