• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.91-100
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• 2017

A player character has a significant influence on immersion. In order to understand the consumers, it is necessary to compare age and gender of player characters, which is the most basic feature of the player character. We selected a prize winning work of 15 years of USA and japanese as research subjects(in RPG and Adventure), classified age and gender of player characters and analyzed the result. In the japanese games, the ratio of pre-set player characters was 94.3% for age and 88.6% for gender. In the USA games, It was the order of the pre-set character which did not specify the age and the customized type character. In this research, we would like to contribute guidelines for player character setting to successfully advance into the USA and Japanese game market.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.29-42
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• 2004

With the development of hardware and 3D graphic technologies since the 1990s, video games have been evolving in the direction in which they wholly pursue illusions and movie formats, and thus they are considered to be media centered on spectacles. However, video games, due to their inherent characteristics, cannot be transparent media like the existing spectacular entertainments centering on optical illusions. In their structure, there can be found elements that continually disillusion players from visions. Strictly speaking, players are not lost in visions, but are kept a certain distance from internal contexts. Games rely not on illusion but on contracts with players which are similar to a kind of convention, clearing internal imperfections. This paper aims to identify and analyze disillusioning elements and discuss theatrical contacts between players and games. The purpose of this paper is to reconsider the awareness of video games as a spectacle entertainment and to help discover future directions for game culture.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.20 no.8
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• pp.53-59
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• 2022

In order to improve players' satisfaction with the game NPC (Non Plyer Character), a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was made, and NPC design elements were analyzed. First, extract the design elements (entertainment, artistry, interaction, and presence) that affect player satisfaction. And it is assumed that these factors will affect the satisfaction of players, and empirical research is carried out through quantitative research ideas. The results of the analysis of the questionnaire survey data show that four elements have a meaningful impact on player satisfaction, and artistry has the greatest impact on player satisfaction. Finally, according to the analysis results, a proposal for NPC design is proposed. It is expected that this research will provide a reference frame for the design direction of NPC in the future.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.511-521
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• 2007

It is very important that design based on preference of consumers who continuously change. Therefore, the method that can decide on the design concept which a consumer can prefer in future points of time that a design is released is necessary. There may be various ways to decide a design concept, but trend analysis is one of the best ways to be able to satisfy consumer preference. The purpose of this study is to provide a process that can give a direction of MP3 player design oriented consumer emotion. For the purpose, we considered about trend analysis as the ways that can present the design direction that can grasp a change of continuous preference, and a consumer can prefer with early bases in future points of time of a consumer. In this empirical research, we decided on design elements and levels of the elements after collecting 228 MP3 players released from 2000 to 2007, and carried out trend analysis through homogeneity analysis by SPSS program. In the result, we knew that future consumers also will regard emotional experience consumption as important. So, MP3 player design will be developed into consumer emotion-oriented design. We predict 4 trends for a future MP3 player design. 1. Development of high-priced MP3 player with various multimedia functions. 2. Development of MP3 player with basic functions. 3. Development of new convergence products with MP3 function. 4. Development of new MP3 player based on flash memory. If designers can infer a future MP3 player design from this design trend results, the probability that can occupy competitive advantage in their competitions will be high. Therefore this study can be useful.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.223-266
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• 2020

Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) are played by millions of people around the world. Within MMORPGs, players explore, solve mysteries, craft items, battle against dungeon or raid bosses, or compete against other players, all while using a variety of information and information behaviors. Role-players in MMORPGs develop identities and engage in interactive storytelling with other role-players as their characters. An ethnographic approach combining overt participant observation and engagement, semi-structured interviews, and artifact collection was used to explore and describe the social information behaviors of role-players through the lens of the theory of information worlds. The social types evident in the role-playing community in WildStar, a science fantasy-themed MMORPG, are closely interrelated to and differentiated by social norms and information values that dictate acceptable characters, stories, character actions, and appropriate lore sources as well as how to role-play without violating the boundary between in- and out-of-character information worlds. Role-players maintained the in-character and out-of-character boundary using a set of specific information behaviors to enable engaging and immersive role-playing experiences. Implications of the findings for the theory of information worlds as well as potential applications of role-playing and MMORPGs are also discussed.

• Digital Contents
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• no.7 s.146
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• pp.80-84
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• 2005

‘보여주고 싶은 MP3’라는 인상적인 슬로건을 내세우며 젊은층을 공략하고 있는 아이옵스가 올해 초에 선보였던 MP3플레이어 X5의 미니버전‘아이옵스 Z3’를 내놓으며 소비자를 유혹하고 있다. 컬러 5배줌 이미지 뷰, 25가지 이퀄라이져 지원, SRS 와우(WOW) 3D 사운드, 리얼 TTS 기능 등 사양은 훨씬 좋아지고 가격은 10만원대로 대폭 낮춰 크기와 가격 모두 거품을 뺀 제품으로 MP3플레이어 시장에 도전장을 내밀고 있다.

• Product Safety
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• s.25
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• pp.37-41
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• 1994

콤팩트디스크플레이어(CDP)는 생활공간이 방안에서 거실로 옮겨짐에 따라 가정용 TV에 연결하여 노래방기능도 할 수 있는 CDP의 보급이 증가 추세에 있고 특히 고도의 원음재생을 원하는 학생들층에서 큰 인기를 얻고 있는 제품으로 국내 7개업체 제품을 대상으로 음의 재생상태등 21개항목을 비교평가하였다.

• 정보화사회
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• s.175
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• pp.20-21
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• 2005

MP3폰이 카메라폰에 이어 휴대폰 시장의 차세대 주역으로 떠오르고 있다. 삼성전자, LG전자, 팬택, SK텔레텍 등 단말기 제조사들이 첨단기능을 갖춘 MP3폰을 선보이고 있다. 최근에는 이동통신사들도 가세해 MP3폰 이용자들을 위한 음악 서비스를 강화하고 나섰다. 이런 추세라면 기존 음악 시장을 주도하고 있는 MP3 플레이어를 대체할지도 모른다는 전망이 조심스럽게 나오고 있다.

• Smart Media Journal
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.33-41
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• 2016

FPS Games are usually centered on a combat game play where the player plays through a first-person perspective as the in-game character, in order to strike the opponent in accordance with each level's objective. In such type of game play, the decision making that leads the player to take certain actions is carried out based on the player's visual cognitive information, and information collected both directly/indirectly via previous game play experiences. Particularly in the case of a FPS game where the mutual interaction between the player and each game level is the key, an analysis of a FPS game player's visual cognitive information can provide intelligence which can help design or adjust structures of a game level. For this thesis, a sample group has been collected and divided into a novice group and an expert group based on their level of experience with FPS games. Then, using eye-tracking equipments, the point of gaze of players in each group were recorded whilst they were playing levels of a well-known FPS title. The point of gaze in the moment the player starts to take actions -right before/after the start of a combat- was recorded in 500 play videos, and as a result each group's intrinsic pattern of gaze could be identified. Through these results, the author plans to develop a methodology that can enhance the difficulty setting and the playability of FPS game levels.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.55-61
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• 2024

In a hybrid architecture that combines the technological advantages of P2P(peer-to-peer) and cloud computing, it is possible to efficiently supply resources and allocate loads. In other words, by appropriately utilizing the processing power of the players constituting P2P as well as the server in the cloud computing environment, MMOG(Massively Multiplayer Online Game) can be configured that considers the scale of economic cost and service quality. In fact, the computing power and communication bandwidth of servers in the cloud are important demand-based resources. The more it is used when renting, the higher the cost, while the quality of service improves. On the other hand, if the player's processing power is utilized a lot, the quality of service deteriorates relatively while the economic cost decreases. In this paper, a bandwidth adjustment technique between servers and players for MMOG based on this hybrid structure is described. When the number of players running at the same time increases, the players' actions are appropriately distributed to servers and players to effectively utilize the server's computing power and communication volume. Simulation results show that in the MMOG based on cloud and P2P hybrid architecture, the bandwidth of the server is proportionally decreased as the bandwidth directly handled by players is increased.