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Wulf, Tim ORCID: 0000-0002-2671-5106, Bowman, Nicholas D., Rieger, Diana, Velez, John A. and Breuer, Johannes ORCID: 0000-0001-5906-7873 (2018). Video Games as Time Machines: Video Game Nostalgia and the Success of Retro Gaming. Media Commun., 6 (2). S. 60 - 69. LISBON: COGITATIO PRESS. ISSN 2183-2439

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Abstract

This article conceptually integrates research on the experience of nostalgia-defined as a predominantly positive, social, and past-oriented emotion-into the fold of video game research. We emphasize the role of nostalgia as an explanation for contemporary retro gaming trends, and suggest that nostalgia towards gaming events is a necessary area of research. To those ends, we broadly review existing literature on nostalgia before specifically focusing on media-induced nostalgia, and demonstrate how theoretical and empirical observations from this work can be applied to understand video game nostalgia. In particular, we argue that engaging in older gaming experiences indirectly (via memories) and even directly (via replaying or recreating experiences) elicits nostalgia, which in turn contributes to players' self-optimization and enhanced well-being. Moreover, as garners and the medium mature together, nostalgic experiences with the medium are likely to become increasingly prevalent. The broad aim of this article is to offer future directions for research on video game nostalgia and provide a research agenda for research in this area.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Wulf, Tim UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2671-5106 UNSPECIFIED Bowman, Nicholas D. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rieger, Diana UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Velez, John A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Breuer, Johannes UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5906-7873 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-202033
DOI:	10.17645/mac.v6i2.1317
Journal or Publication Title:	Media Commun.
Volume:	6
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 60 - 69
Date:	2018
Publisher:	COGITATIO PRESS
Place of Publication:	LISBON
ISSN:	2183-2439
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS; SELF; ENTERTAINMENT; CONCEPTIONS; MEMORY; DETERMINANTS; SATISFACTION; EXPERIENCE Multiple languages Communication Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20203