Essays about: "Role-play"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the word Role-play.

1. 1. If You Like It, Then You Should Equip a Ring on It : A qualitative study regarding marriages within Final Fantasy XIV

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Edvin Eriksson; Joel Uisk; [2023]
   Keywords : Marriage; Online games; Relationship; Ritual; Role-Play;

   Abstract : This research study looks at the online game Final Fantasy XIV and the players who have participated in the Ceremony of Eternal Bonding, to gain further understanding behind motives for partaking in an online matrimonial service with another player. This study can be relevant for researchers looking into how players interact with events meant to generate intimacy between players. READ MORE

3. 2. Exposure and Response Prevention Larp : An Experimental and Cost Effective Larp Design for People with OCD

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Ayça Durmus; [2023]
   Keywords : larp design; OCD; exposure and response prevention therapy; game design;

   Abstract : ERP larp is a live-action role-play game designed to make exposure and response prevention therapy for people who have obsessive compulsive disorder more accessible. Although it is not meant to substitute therapy, it is a self-help guidance that can be applied at home. READ MORE

4. 3. Finding Identity through Art and Role-playing : A study on the Pouflons community

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Shai Panaga; [2023]
   Keywords : ego bleed; art; gender; identity; larp; LGBT; role-play; RPGs;

   Abstract : “Playing pretend” is often regarded as childish, but many people continue to role-play well into adulthood through various forms of games, activities, and experiences that become an established part of societal norm. In this study, I attempt to establish links between marginalized identities, self-discovery, self-acceptance, and role-play. READ MORE

5. 4. Finding Identity through Role-playing : A Case Study of the Pouflons Community

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Christian Bondi; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : “Playing pretend” is often regarded as childish, but many people continue to role-play wellinto adulthood. Existing literature has reported instances of bleed between character andplayer identity, but usually in an autoethnographic report, small study, or only in theory. READ MORE

6. 5. Between Power and Resistance: Viewing the Ethics of AI through the Application of Foucault's Ethical Naturalism to the Power Dynamics Embedded in the Debate over Intimate Human/Chatbot Relationships

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Timothy Andrew York; [2023]
   Keywords : Artificial intelligence ethics; Values in Design; chatbot; Foucault; ethical naturalism; technologies of the self; social control; human-AI relationships; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Amid rising worry around human and AI alignment and citing concerns for data privacy and content inappropriate for children and the “emotionally vulnerable”, the Italian government recently imposed a complete ban against the Replika chatbot within Italy. Following the issuance of the ban and citing similar concerns over safety, the designer/owner of the technology, Luka, Inc. READ MORE