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Age
Differences
The
following are elements that correlated significantly (p < .05) between
age and the gaming elements. If two things correlate positively, it means
that as one increases, so does the other. A negative correlations means
that as one increases, the other decreases, and vice versa. Thus, a
negative correlation here means that younger gamers prefer it while older
gamers tend to dislike it, while a positive correlation means the
opposite.
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Younger
Gamers prefer:
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Older
gamers prefer:
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Heart-pumping
action (-.27)
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Culture
elements (.30)
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Social
aspect (-.13)
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Achieving
some goal (.14)
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Real-time
games (-.23)
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Intellectual
Stimulation (.13)
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Limited
and Massively multiplayer games
(-.19,
-.30)
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Full
of mental challenges (.14)
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Destruction
(-.21)
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Historical
basis or accuracy (.13)
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Reflex
challenges (-.32)
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Elaborate
plot or storyline (-.19)
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First-person
perspective (-.13)
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Graphical
violence and gore (-.31)
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Elements
of sexual appeal (-.13)
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The
correlational coefficient is listed next to each element.
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