The Dark Side of MMOGs: Why People Quit Playing

摘要

The attraction of MMOGs is obvious as a broader range of people are drawn to the interactive medium for a variety of reasons. This is in particular evident to me to see my 30 something daughter and my teen age grandson both involved in "World of Warcraft." I, the father and grandfather, participated actively in another MMOG, "Tribal Wars", for over a year. However there is a negative or dark side to MMOG involvement, and multiple reasons that players eventually leave individual games or the genre in general. The purpose of this paper is to examine some of these issues that the author has seen both firsthand and also in discussions with others who have been or are currently involved in the genre.