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Exploring Music-Based Attachment to Video Games Through Affect Expressions
Key insights
7 takeaways- 01Game music serves as a powerful trigger for autobiographical memory, with 66% of analyzed music-based memories expressing positive sentiment, compared to 18% neutral and 16% negative.See it on page 2
- 02The frequency of affect expressions in game music memories is primarily driven by self-awareness (cognitive reflection on identity) and direct game music experiences, rather than social relatedness.See it on page 11
- 03Participants frequently conceptualize game music as an 'agent' or person-like entity, with 131 instances of 'Agencies' identified as a primary metaphorical source domain for describing emotional attachment.See it on page 10
- 04There is a significant correlation between gaming platforms and technology eras: computer-based memories are strongly associated with vintage technology (61.5% overlap), while console-based memories align more with modern digital audio (59.6% overlap).See it on page 13
- 05Gender differences exist in emotional expression, as women produced statistically higher intensities for negative sentiment and higher frequencies of self-reflective and social-related affect expressions than men.See it on page 12
- 06The study identified 555 distinct metaphorical expressions across 183 personal narratives, highlighting how players use cognitive-linguistic frameworks to define their long-term relationships with game music.See it on page 13
- 07Statistical analysis of 3,473 total memories and 183 detailed narratives confirms that memories centered on older computer games are typically authored by older participants, reflecting the specific popularity of 8-bit and 16-bit systems in 1980s Finland.See it on page 13
Summary
Entertainment Computing 52 (2025) 100883 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/entcom Exploring music-based attachment to video games through affect expressions Kai Tuuri a,b,∗, Oskari Koskela b, Heli Tissari c,d, Jukka Vahlo e,b a Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Finland b Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Finland c Department of Language Studies, Umeå University, ...
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