Research - Video Game Journalism

Google search: "immersion + [video game journalism site]"

http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/shotgun65_blog/archive/2012/07/16/immersion-in-gaming-how-to-know-a-player-is-immersed.aspx

http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/thegodofwine7_blog/archive/2013/02/15/4-things-that-totally-destroy-the-immersion.aspx

http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/4413-lecture-clint-hocking-the-territory-is-not-the-map-hyper-realism-and-the-new-immersion-paradigm

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/11/dishonored-devs-try-to-pin-down-immersion/

http://kotaku.com/tag/immersion

http://kotaku.com/5716027/do-video-games-really-need-to-be-immersive?comment=34528157#comments

http://kotaku.com/5603786/against-immersion

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-09-bastion-dev-dlc-can-compromise-atmosphere-and-immersion

So i found all these articles in my search for immersion on various video game journalism sites but what i found contradicted my belief that immersion is a very thinly spread concept.

What i found is that while it still means slightly different things to different people, the basic definitions people cite mostly revolve around narrative immersion, and while i believe that there is more to immersion than that, immersion into a story is probably the most fundamental form in which that term can be used, not just for video games but for all mediums.

I will be making appropriate amendments to my essay to reflect this finding.

Plan

Here is the quick plan i've written up for my paper, note that the Intro and Summary are not titles, i merely underlined them to distinguish the opening and closing of this work:

Intro

Player

-          Expectations

o   Source: SWG

-          Social

o   Multiplayer

-          Psychological

o   Escapism

o   Thrill

o   Identification with character

Game

-          Narrative

o   Universal Medium

-          Artistic

o   Graphics

o   Art Style

o   Quality

-          Environment

o   Narrative Spaces

o   Level Design

o   Lighting

-          Technical

o   Physics

o   Animation

o   Sound

o   Coding

Summary

Chosen subject of written piece

I have finally come to the decision as to what my study of immersion will consist of and it is a simple one. I will not be challenging the various theories put forth as to what immersion is, i will simply be breaking down the immersive aspects of a Video Game and writing about them all. My conclusion will simply be a summary of these aspects and how they differ from the immersive aspects of other mediums.