Understanding the difference is key to understanding the potential positive and negative effects video games can have on our lives. Video games are increasingly a source of meaningful connection, but also of social isolation. We’ve come to understand that how you design a video game in terms of its social elements is very important and the variables needed to build a meaningful human connection must be taken into account. “At CCP, we found that 73% of our players made a friend by playing our game. At the same time, video games as culture shapers and human connecting machines are rapidly growing in size,” said Tryggvi Hjaltason, Senior Strategist for EVE Online at CCP Games. “Social isolation and loneliness seem to be reaching epidemic proportions in the industrialized world today. All course material is immediately available upon registration. Participants can enjoy Friendship Machine: Forming a New Type of Human Connection at their own pace.
It also provides compelling insights into the friendships and connections players forge through video games, the risk of loneliness and social isolation in society, and more by analyzing real player stories from the EVE Online community. Unlimited access, including the latest quiz and course certificate, is available for €40.91 EURO.įriendship Machine: Forming a New Type of Human Connection delves into the science behind friendship, how video games are evolving as a form of entertainment, and the positive and negative effects of video games on human connection. The course is now available on edX.org and includes the first three weeks free for anyone who wants to register. Created in collaboration with the University of Iceland, the course explores “The Friendship Machine,” or the science behind how humans forge meaningful relationships and how video games have created a new kind of human connection. CCP Games has teamed up with the University of Iceland to offer courses on the science of friendship and video games.ĬCP Games today announced Friendship Machine: Forming a New Type of Human Connection, an online course featuring the player-driven aerospace MMO, EVE Online.
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