• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.538-547
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• 2021

This study seeks to derive game design elements that turn out game streaming-friendly through the analysis of Internet game streaming. To this end, this study surveyed previous studies on the motivation of watching internet game broadcasting and simplified the motivations to 'Expertise' and 'Amusement', the goal that game streaming should aim for, and divided streamer's streaming types into 'Reviewer', 'Master', 'Entertainer' and 'Acrobat' by those two options. Based on the categories, this study analyzed game streaming videos of various genres and confirmed that both the number of videos and the number of views by the streaming type were the highest in the 'Acrobat' group. In addition, the analysis shows that and revealed different figures by the type although they belong to the similar genre. By comparing and analyzing the systems and content elements of the two games, this study identified 's advantages in three points-Fortune, Setup Time, Control View- and finally suggested some guidelines for streaming-friendly game planning.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.960-968
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• 2013

To implement a cloud game service platform supporting multiple users and devices based on real-time streaming, there are many technical needs, including game screen and sound capturing, audio/video encoding in real time created by a high-performance server-generated game screen, and real-time streaming to client devices, such as low-cost PCs, smart devices, and set-top boxes. We therefore present a game service platform for the running and management of the game screen, as well as running the sound on the server, in which the captured and encoded game screen and sound separately provide client devices through real-time streaming. The proposed platform offers Web-based services that allow game play on smaller end devices without requiring the games to be installed locally.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.77-88
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• 2020

Recently, interest in game streaming is high in cloud-based gaming. In game streaming, remote game servers perform graphics rendering and stream the resulting scene images to clients' device on the Internet. We model the client-server allocation (CSA) problem for balancing the GPU load between servers in a game streaming environment as an optimization problem, and propose a simulated annealing-based method. The features of our method are that the method takes into account the constraints on network delay and has the ability to automatically adjust the frame rate of game sessions if necessary.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.684-705
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• 2022

A new trend has been emerging in recent years, with video game live streaming becoming a meeting ground for gamers, as well as a marketing strategy for game developers. In line with this trend, the emergence of the "Let's Play" culture has significantly changed the manner in which people enjoyed video games. In order to academically explore this new experience, this study seeks to answer the following research questions: (1) Does engaging in video game streaming offer the same feeling as playing the game? (2) If so, what are the factors that affect the feeling of telepresence from viewers' perspective? and (3) How does the feeling of telepresence affect viewers' learning experience of the streamed game? We generated and empirically tested a comprehensive research model based on the telepresence and consumer learning theories. The research findings revealed that the authenticity and pleasantness of the streamer and the interaction of viewers positively affect telepresence, which in turn is positively associated with the gained knowledge and a positive attitude toward the streamed game. Based on the research findings, various practical implications are discussed for game developers as well as platform providers.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.69-76
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• 2022

This paper summarizes the features and functions of game video on each platform through a study on streaming technology. Game videos have a high relationship with game content itself for the purpose of marketing and disseminating game play methods using games as the subject matter. The video length is short and it is easy to spread. The main types of game video content are game commentary, game strategy, funny, imitative, music video, and game information. As a game promotion video function, etc., it is used as a direct or indirect publicity for the game by the producer and the user for each reason. This article analyzed the production subject and production conditions of game videos, focusing on the production process. The production subject is divided into professional creators, non-professional creators, and general users. The motive for producing game videos is mainly to obtain economic benefits. The production process was extracted and presented through examples of game videos.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.279-290
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• 2022

As the growth of the live streaming service market is accelerating due to COVID-19, the number of downloads and reviews of live streaming mobile applications is also rapidly skyrocketing. This study is to research game streaming applications using Twitch reviews as database. A total of 8 topics are extracted through LDA topic modeling and 7 out of them are detected to be inconvenience factors. Then, to pinpoint the main inconvenience factors, co-occurrence analysis is used in order to find out main factors. Finally, based on previous studies, several solutions are provided, which can solve the inconvenience factors(advertisement, UI design, technology problems) as well as strengthening digital competitiveness. This study will serve as an opportunity to improve digital competitiveness not only for Twitch but also for other game live streaming service companies in the future.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.84-92
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• 2019

While the Internet continues to integrate with modern lives, the risks of negative outcomes resulting from problematic use (PU) are also increasing. Although psychological well-being and use motivations have been shown to play major roles in Internet PU, understanding the moderating mechanism is critical for advanced knowledge. The present study employed survey data from users of a live video-game streaming service (LVGS) that is an area rarely been studied. Result concluded a positive moderating effect of escapism motive (EM) on the association between loneliness and the PU of LVGS, while the moderating mechanism between EM and stress was not indicated. A moderating effect of information seeking (IS) on the relationship between stress and the PU of LVGS was found negative, but no mechanism between IS and loneliness was indicated. This study highlights how the interplay of different motivation and pathologies may induce or prevent video-game-related addiction.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Computer Game
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.81-89
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to classify the types of internet personal game broadcasting in China and to examine viewers' preferences type of it. By targeting top 100 creators of Player-Unknown's Battleground streaming as a personal game broadcaster with over 100,000 followers, the game types were classified based on the purpose and characteristic of game broadcasting such as game play, entertainment, and audience participation. As a result, the type of internet personal game broadcasting in China was classified into progamer type, cooperative playing type, storytelling type, and reciprocal entertainment type. The progamer type was 38% and it was the highest proportion of Player-Unknown's Battlegrounds streaming. Next came storytelling type, cooperative playing type and reciprocal entertainment type with 25%, 19% and 18% respectively. In sum, progamer type and storytelling type which shows relatively low real - time communication with audiences accounted for a high percentage of 63%. This implies that the characteristics of the broadcast media focused on 'showing' have influenced the production and planning of personal game broad casting. The interactive characteristics of the platform of personal game broad casting can be expected to gradually change the conventional customs of broadcasting media.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.61-74
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• 2016

As e-Sports evolves, a variety of industries grow together. Game broadcastings contribute to spread video game culture through various media platforms. Hence people start to perceive e-sports as a genre of sports and the demand on real-time game broadcasting increases. The global game broadcasting channels based on OTT(Over-The-Top) service also increase rapidly. In this paper we understand the status of streaming service and watching attitude of global game broadcasting. We also provide practical suggestions along with analysis results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2020.01a
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• pp.51-54
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• 2020

스마트폰의 보급으로 빠르게 성장한 인터넷 시장은 다양한 정보를 쉽고 빠르게 접할 수 있게 되었고 많은 사람들이 찾아보는 실시간 스트리밍 또한 빠른 속도로 성장하였다. 실시간 스트리밍이 알려지고 성장하기까지는 긴 시간이 걸리지 않았으며 현재까지도 급격하게 성장하고 있는 추세이다. 본 논문에서는 글로벌 대표 기업들이 클라우드 기반의 게임 플랫폼 시스템을 제시하고 있는 반면 국내 기업들의 상황은 그렇지 못하고 있는 부분에 대해서 게임 플레어들의 스트리밍 기반의 게임 구입 선호도 설문을 통해 국내 게임 마케팅에 스트리밍 기반의 게임 판매 전략에 중요성을 제시하고자 한다.