Video Games

ADDICTION AND MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE ROLE-PLAYING GAMES (MMORPGs): AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF KEY ASPECTS

By

Richard J. J. Tyrer

MARCH 2008

NEGOTIATED THEORY: VISUAL CULTURE

BSc COMPUTER & VIDEO GAMES

UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD

Acknowledgments

I would like to dedicate this thesis to my family and my beloved Victoria. I would also like to thank Angharad and Richard Boon for all the help they provided.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments .................................................................................................... ii Table of Contents ..................................................................................................... iii List of Illustrations ................................................................................................... iv Research Methodology ............................................................................................. v Introduction ............................................................................................................. vii Chapter 1: Addiction ................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 2: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games ............................ 12 Chapter 3: Addiction & MMORPGs ...................................................................... 20 Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 28 References ............................................................................................................... 31 Bibliography ........................................................................................................... 35

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List of Illustrations

Figure 1……………………………………………………………………………….....4 Figure 2…………………………………………………………………………………11 Figure 3…………………………………………………………………………………14 Figure 4…………………………………………………………………………………16 Figure... [continues]

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