Unit 6: Critical Approaches To Creative Media Products

Gaming and Motivation

Gamer's are into all kinds of games, and everyone has certain things in games that motivate them. It could be getting their character to the max level in an RPG, or working as a team to win a match in Counter Strike. I am a gamer, so obviously there are things that motivate me too.

Different Types of Gaming Motivation
While I personally get motivated by team play and objective based games, there are a few different things that can motivate people.

Action and Excitement - Gamers who like action and excitement are driven by having lots of guns and explosives, and they like to cause lots of mayhem. They like games that surprise them, and give them an adrenaline rush. Some examples are Call of Duty and Battlefield.

Social - Gamers that enjoy teamwork and communication in games like Counter-Strike, or just chatting casually to other players in an MMO like World of Warcraft.

Mastery - Games that involve the player spending time learning how the game works, and mastering the gameplay. For example, challenging games like Dark Souls, that require a decent amount of skill. They may also like games that require lots of planning, like Cities: Skylines.

Achievement - Gamers who like to spend time completing as much of the game as possible. Exploring every nook and cranny of the game world, completing every mission and getting every achievement. Open world RPG games like Fallout are a good example.

Creativity - Gamers who like to try out lots of things in a game and do lots of experimenting. They may spend lots of time building in a game like Minecraft, or creating a character or putting skill points into a skill tree.

Immersion - Gamers who like to feel like they are part of the game world, and get involved with the characters and the story. A good example is Fallout, and RPG game where you can play however you want and treat the other characters however you want. It also has a very good atmosphere.

What Motivates Me?

I am mainly into action and team oriented games, so my motivations are often related to in game objectives. For example, I have played a lot of Counter Strike, so I really enjoy grouping up with friends and communicating to win rounds/matches. This is also the same with Overwatch, where your team have to escort a payload to a certain point, or try to hold a capture point longer than the enemy team. You have to make sure you play as a useful character that works well with the other characters on your team. I also enjoy playing RPG's and I like to explore as much of the world as possible, and complete as many quests as possible. Below you can see my results from completing a survey about this topic. 


https://apps.quanticfoundry.com/gamerprofile/d0e85684e4e2488e9dba56b1c43fa237/