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. 2013 Sep 9;4:608. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00608

Table 5.

Coefficients of favorite game franchises on GAMES factor scores.

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.