Table 5.
Game franchise | MANOVA | b | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F(9, 502) | Story | Catharsis | Violence | Social | Escapism | Losing | Custom | Grinding | Autonomy | |
Zelda | 3.72*** | 0.47*** | −0.12 | −0.11 | 0.20† | 0.22† | −0.18 | 0.09 | 0.20† | −0.02 |
Final Fantasy | 4.63*** | 0.53*** | −0.25† | 0.01 | −0.07 | 0.33* | 0.14 | 0.34* | 0.33* | −0.01 |
Half-Life | 2.18* | 0.37** | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.13 | −0.15 | −0.19 | −0.00 |
Mass Effect | 4.21*** | 0.60*** | 0.14 | −0.13 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.21 | −0.06 | 0.21 |
Fallout 1 & 2 | 3.22*** | −0.04 | 0.01 | 0.23 | −0.46** | 0.17 | 0.03 | −0.24 | −0.19 | 0.35* |
Deus Ex 1 | 4.52*** | −0.39** | −0.27† | 0.04 | 0.07 | −0.24† | −0.18 | −0.41** | −0.56*** | 0.36** |
Super Mario | 2.36* | −0.27* | 0.08 | −0.10 | −0.22 | −0.15 | 0.53*** | −0.02 | −0.02 | −0.20 |
Portal | 2.63** | 0.39** | 0.11 | −0.06 | 0.12 | 0.19 | −0.03 | −0.01 | −0.19 | −0.26 |
Skyrim | 3.91*** | 0.55*** | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.06 | −0.02 | 0.61*** | 0.57*** | 0.48*** |
Halo | 2.13* | 0.32* | −0.02 | 0.25† | 0.26† | 0.09 | 0.27† | −0.07 | 0.15 | 0.02 |
Planescape | 3.26*** | 0.36* | −0.06 | −0.12 | −0.37* | 0.00 | −0.19 | −0.28 | −0.19 | 0.19 |
Pokemon | 2.20* | 0.51*** | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.28† | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.03 |
Call of Duty | 3.83*** | −0.59*** | 0.08 | −0.02 | 0.11 | −0.36* | 0.61*** | −0.41* | −0.08 | −0.38* |
Morrowind | 1.50 | 0.14 | −0.26 | 0.08 | −0.19 | −0.01 | −0.18 | 0.14 | −0.19 | 0.37* |
Team Fortress 2 | 1.02 | −0.09 | 0.05 | −0.07 | 0.22 | −0.05 | 0.19 | −0.07 | −0.27 | −0.10 |
Minecraft | 1.90* | 0.42** | 0.01 | −0.09 | 0.39* | 0.09 | −0.08 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 0.31† |
Grand Theft Auto | 2.10* | −0.01 | 0.50* | 0.63*** | −0.06 | 0.24 | 0.33† | 0.08 | −0.21 | 0.24 |
World of Warcraft | 2.06* | 0.25 | 0.53** | 0.58** | 0.29 | 0.47** | 0.42* | 0.01 | 0.33† | 0.14 |
Baldur's Gate | 1.79† | 0.30† | −0.33† | −0.25 | 0.00 | −0.02 | −0.57** | 0.19 | −0.08 | 0.23 |
Bioshock | 1.96* | 0.46** | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0.39* | 0.02 | −0.07 | 0.08 | −0.18 |
p < 0.05,
p < 0.01,
p < 0.001,
p < 0.10.