Lesson 3 - Fun and Flow

The MDA framework by Hunicke&Leblanc provides a “taxonomy of fun”. Which one denotes gaming as a pastime?

• Fantasy

• Submission

• Discovery

• None of them

According to MDA, playing “charades” is mainly aligned with which type of fun?

• Sensation

• Fellowship

• Discovery

• All of them

Lazzaro’s study found that there are 4 “types of fun”. Which one corresponds to a sense of immersion and mystery?

• Easy fun

• Hard fun

• People fun

• Serious fun

Under Lazzaro’s “People fun”, there is an emotion related to feeling proud of others that are under your responsibilities, be it your apprentice or a tamagotchi. Which is it?

• Fiero

• Shadenfreude

• Naches

• Relief

Radoff proposes a list of 42 things to do that can be considered fun. Among them, the ones related to playing a role are of significance. For example...

• Being a rebel

• Being a villain

• Being a hero

• All of them

Riess’s approach is based on 16 basic desires of all human beings that empower intrinsic motivation. Among them, we can find “Honor: the desire for upright character”. Going back to SDT and Drive, that would be categorized be under…

• Autonomy

• Purpose

• Competence

• Relatedness

Marczewski’s approach to “fun” is based on 5 categories. Which one is motivated by curiosity and learning?

• Achievement

• Free Spirited

• Facilitated

• None of them

Of course, every recurrent approach to “fun” is not 100% groundbreaking and always have some overlap among them. For instance, Marczewski’s “Free Spirited Fun” would be similar to Lazzaro’s…

• Serious Fun

• Hard Fun

• People Fun

• Easy Fun

Radoff considers that “#20: Pretending to Live in a Magical Place” is a fun thing to do. Using Marczewskis’s classification, this could be included under…

• Achievement Fun

• Social Fun

• Facilitated Fun

• Unfacilitated Fun

Reiss includes the basic desire “Tranquility”, or to avoid experiencing pain or stress. Using Marczewskis’s classification, this could be included under…

• Achievement Fun

• Free Spirited Fun

• Social Fun

• Unfacilitated Fun