{"id":26719,"date":"2015-04-16T18:27:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T18:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/gjmueller-video-games-can-power-up-from-merely\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T08:51:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T15:51:58","slug":"gjmueller-video-games-can-power-up-from-merely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/gjmueller-video-games-can-power-up-from-merely\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-26719 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/gjmueller-video-games-can-power-up-from-merely\/attachment\/26720\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nmwmauL1V31qc17oko1_1280-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nmwmauL1V31qc17oko1_1280-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nmwmauL1V31qc17oko1_1280-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nmwmauL1V31qc17oko1_1280-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nmwmauL1V31qc17oko1_1280-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nmwmauL1V31qc17oko1_1280.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/inthecloud.gjmueller.com\/post\/116562908949\/video-games-can-power-up-from-merely-fun-to\">gjmueller<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/04\/150415203543.htm\"><b>Video games can power up from merely fun to meaningful experiences<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It may be game over for critics who claim that video games are nothing<br \/>\nmore than a fun diversion. <a href=\"http:\/\/news.psu.edu\/story\/353213\/2015\/04\/15\/research\/video-games-can-power-merely-fun-meaningful-experiences\">A team of researchers suggests<\/a> that many<br \/>\ngames can be meaningful entertainment experiences for players.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1037\/ppm0000066\">In a study<\/a> of people\u2019s experiences with video games, players indicated<br \/>\nthat they not only enjoyed playing games, but that they also frequently<br \/>\nappreciated them at a deeper, more meaningful level. These findings<br \/>\nshould be encouraging to video game developers who want to invest in<br \/>\nproducing games that examine more meaningful, poignant or contemplative<br \/>\ntopics.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>image via flickr:CC |  Alex Dram<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>science begins to validate lived human experience<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>gjmueller: Video games can power up from merely fun to meaningful experiences It may be game over for critics who claim that video games are nothing more than a fun diversion. A team of researchers suggests that many games can be meaningful entertainment experiences for players. In a study of people\u2019s experiences with video games, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-words","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6PWot-6WX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26721,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26719\/revisions\/26721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}