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Exploring Personal Myths from The Sims

Exploring Personal Myths from The Sims

Vasa Buraphadeja, Kara Dawson
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781609601959|ISBN10: 1609601955|EISBN13: 9781609601966
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-195-9.ch705
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Buraphadeja, Vasa, and Kara Dawson. "Exploring Personal Myths from The Sims." Gaming and Simulations: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 1750-1762. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-195-9.ch705

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Buraphadeja, V. & Dawson, K. (2011). Exploring Personal Myths from The Sims. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Gaming and Simulations: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications (pp. 1750-1762). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-195-9.ch705

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Buraphadeja, Vasa, and Kara Dawson. "Exploring Personal Myths from The Sims." In Gaming and Simulations: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1750-1762. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-195-9.ch705

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Abstract

Many game scholars claim that the emergent authorship opportunities provided within The Sims may lead to positive game play outcomes. This study hypothesizes that narratives told by game players may be similar to narratives told in real life and explores 66 Sims narratives via McAdams criteria of a good myth (1997). Results suggest that most people who play The Sims do not naturally adhere to the criteria of a good myth when developing their narrative, however, over half the narratives met some of the criteria. Our results suggest that The Sims has the potential to serve as a narrative studio for personal myth development but that some kind of intervention or scaffolding may need to be provided. The concept of psychosocial moratorium (McAdams, 1997) is suggested as one possible strategy professionals in multiple disciplines may use to promote The Sims as a narrative studio for myth development. Suggestions for future research are also provided.

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