Nick Ballou

schoolQueen Mary University of Londonbar_chart#2816 Global Rank

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From Breakups to Lethargy: Player Accounts of Third Variables Affecting Video Game Playtime and Wellbeing

Time spent playing video games (playtime) is not strongly correlated with wellbeing. However, quantitative studies often overlook `third variables' that confound this relationship---risking masked true effects or spurious associations. In this mixed-methods study, we first conducted a qualitative template analysis of…

CHI '242nd AuthorGame UX & Player Behavior +1

How does Juicy Game Feedback Motivate? Testing Curiosity, Competence, and Effectance

'Juicy' or immediate abundant action feedback is widely held to make video games enjoyable and intrinsically motivating. Yet we do not know why it works: Which motives are mediating it? Which features afford it? In a pre-registered (n=1,699) online experiment, we tested three motives mapping prior practitioner discour…

CHI '221st AuthorGame UX & Player Behavior +1

Do People Use Games to Compensate for Psychological Needs During Crises? A Mixed-Methods Study of Gaming During COVID-19 Lockdowns

Do people use games to cope with adverse life events and crises? Research informed by self-determination theory proposes that people might compensate for thwarted basic psychological needs in daily life by seeking out games that satisfy those lacking needs. To test this, we conducted a preregistered mixed-method surve…

CHI '211st AuthorAlgorithmic Transparency & Auditability +1

Are You Open? A Content Analysis of Transparency and Openness Guidelines in HCI Journals

Within the wider open science reform movement, HCI researchers are actively debating how to foster transparency in their own field. Publication venues play a crucial role in instituting open science practices, especially journals, whose procedures arguably lend themselves better to them than conferences. Yet we know l…

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