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player agency: a standalone construct

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Game studies

the satisfying power to take meaningful action and see the results of one's decisions and choices in a digital environment.

In game studies, player agency refers to the satisfying power to take meaningful action and see the results of one's decisions and choices in a digital environment. This meaning comes from Murray (1997) in Hamlet on the holodeck.[1]

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action3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs agency6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs environment1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Murray, J. H. (1997). Hamlet on the holodeck. MIT Press. ISBN 9780684827230

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