Regan L. Mandryk

107 papers · ORCID · OpenAlex

Affiliations over time

University of VictoriaCanada2023–2026 · 23
University of SaskatchewanCanada2011–2023 · 83
Simon Fraser UniversityCanada2002–2004 · 2

Frequent co-authors

Papers

Game Changers: Exploring Player Perspectives of Digital Game ModificationCHI Games & Play 2026
GG Go Next... Lobby: How Players Use Queue Dodging to Anticipate and Avoid Negative Experiences in League of LegendsCHI Games & Play 2026
A Qualitative Exploration on the Role of Videogames during Difficult Times: An Emotion Regulation PerspectiveCHI PLAY 2025
If You Build It, They Will Comment: Distributed Mentoring in an Online Game Modding CommunityCHI PLAY 2025
Building Creative Strategies and Solutions to Promote Benefits While Mitigating Harms of Video Games: A Workshop at CHI PLAY 2024CHI PLAY 2024
Cheat Codes as External Support for Players Navigating Fear of Failure and Self-Regulation Challenges In Digital GamesCHI Games & Play 2024
Exploring the Role of Action Mechanics in Game-Based Stress RecoveryCHI PLAY 2024
Flame and Fortune: The Connection Between Toxic Behavior and In-game Purchasing in Multiplayer Online GamesCHI PLAY 2024
Flipping into the Future: Exploring Player Experience and Task Demand in Physical, VR, and PC PinballCHI PLAY 2024
Games and Play SIG: Connecting Games Research to the Broader HCI ContextCHI Games & Play 2024
Hexed by Pressure: How Action-State Orientation Explains Propensity to Choke in Super HexagonCHI PLAY 2024
How To Tame a Toxic Player? A Systematic Literature Review on Intervention Systems for Toxic Behaviors in Online Video GamesCHI PLAY 2024
Intimidating or Friendly? How Players Represent Themselves With Character Appearances That Reflect Their Social MotivationsFDG 2024
PACMHCI V8, CHI PLAY, October 2024 EditorialCHI PLAY 2024
Playing with Prejudice: Do Colour Scheme and Hypersexualization of Women In Games Influence Player Decisions, Perceptions, and Avatar Appeal?FDG 2024
Ten Years of CHI PLAY: A Panel on the Past, Present, and Future of the ConferenceCHI PLAY 2024
The Impact of Mass Game Industry Layoffs on the CHI PLAY CommunityCHI PLAY 2024
Toxicity in Online Games: The Prevalence and Efficacy of Coping StrategiesCHI Games & Play 2024
Using Psychophysiological Data to Facilitate Reflective Conversations with Children about their Player ExperiencesCHI PLAY 2024
Games and Play SIG: Connecting Through Social and Playful TechnologiesCHI Games & Play 2023
Help, My Game Is Toxic! First Insights from a Systematic Literature Review on Intervention Systems for Toxic Behaviors in Online Video GamesCHI PLAY 2023
If at First You Don't Succeed: Helping Players Make Progress in Games with Breaks and CheckpointsCHI PLAY 2023
Not Tekken Seriously? How Observers Respond to Masculine and Feminine Voices in Videogame StreamersFDG 2023
Playing a Flawless Character? Exploring Differences Between Experts and Novices in Tabletop Role-Playing Games and Potential Benefits for Well-BeingFDG 2023
Playing with Emotions: A Systematic Review Examining Emotions and Emotion Regulation in Esports PerformanceCHI PLAY 2023
Prospective Passion and Social Capital within DotA 2 PlayersCHI PLAY 2023
Suspecting Sarcasm: How League of Legends Players Dismiss Positive Communication in Toxic EnvironmentsCHI PLAY 2023
The Role of Generative AI in Games ResearchCHI PLAY 2023
Workshop on Understanding and Combating the Problematic Side of PlayCHI PLAY 2023
(Don't) stand by me: How trait psychopathy and NPC emotion influence player perceptions, verbal responses, and movement behaviours in a gaming taskCHI Games & Play 2022
Challenges to Combating Toxicity and Harassment in Multiplayer Games: Involving the HCI Games Research CommunityCHI PLAY 2022
Daily Quests or Daily Pests? The Benefits and Pitfalls of Engagement Rewards in GamesCHI PLAY 2022
Definitions of Esports: A Systematic Review and Thematic AnalysisCHI PLAY 2022
Enhanced Esports: Community Perspectives on Performance Enhancers in Competitive GamingCHI PLAY 2022
Feeling Good and In Control: In-game Tools to Support Targets of ToxicityCHI PLAY 2022
Games and the MetaverseCHI PLAY 2022
miniPXI: Development and Validation of an Eleven-Item Measure of the Player Experience InventoryCHI PLAY 2022
PACMHCI V6, CHI PLAY, October 2022 EditorialCHI PLAY 2022
Shoulder-to-Shoulder: How Pinball Supports Men's WellbeingCHI PLAY 2022
Assessing Social Anxiety Through Digital Biomarkers Embedded in a Gaming TaskCHI Games & Play 2021
Don't You Know That You're Toxic: Normalization of Toxicity in Online GamingCHI Games & Play 2021
Gathering Self-Report Data in Games Through NPC Dialogues: Effects on Data Quality, Data Quantity, Player Experience, and Information IntimacyCHI Games & Play 2021
How Avatar Customization Affects Fear in a Game-based Digital Exposure Task for Social AnxietyCHI PLAY 2021
Identifying Commercial Games with Therapeutic Potential through a Content Analysis of Steam ReviewsCHI PLAY 2021
PACMHCI V5, CHI PLAY, September 2021 EditorialCHI PLAY 2021
Seek What You Need: Affiliation and Power Motives Drive Need Satisfaction, Intrinsic Motivation, and Flow in League of LegendsCHI PLAY 2021
Serious Snacking: A Survival Analysis of how Snacking Mechanics Affect Attrition in a Mobile Serious GameCHI Games & Play 2021
The Potential of Video Game Streaming as Exposure Therapy for Social AnxietyCHI PLAY 2021
The Struggle is Spiel: On Failure and Success in GamesFDG 2021
Under Pressure: Exploring Choke and Clutch in Competitive Video GamesCHI PLAY 2021
Videogame Play and Wellbeing Among a First Episode Psychosis PopulationCHI PLAY 2021
"Let's Get Physiological, Physiological!": A Systematic Review of Affective GamingCHI PLAY 2020
A Cheating Mood: The Emotional and Psychological Benefits of Cheating in Single-Player GamesCHI PLAY 2020
Designing and Evaluating 'In the Same Boat', A Game of Embodied Synchronization for Enhancing Social PlayCHI Games & Play 2020
Games and Play SIG: Shaping the Next Decade of Games & HCI ResearchCHI Games & Play 2020
How Points and Theme Affect Performance and Experience in a Gamified Cognitive TaskCHI Games & Play 2020
In-game and Out-of-game Social Anxiety Influences Player Motivations, Activities, and Experiences in MMORPGsCHI Games & Play 2020
Is a Change as Good as a Rest? Comparing BreakTypes for Spaced Practice in a Platformer GameCHI PLAY 2020
Power Play: How the Need to Empower or Overpower Other Players Predicts Preferences in League of LegendsCHI Games & Play 2020
Risking Treasure: Testing Loss Aversion in an Adventure GameCHI PLAY 2020
'In the Same Boat', : A Game of Mirroring Emotions for Enhancing Social PlayCHI Games & Play 2019
Game Dynamics that Support Snacking, not FeastingCHI PLAY 2019
Press Pause when you Play: Comparing Spaced Practice Intervals for Skill Development in GamesCHI PLAY 2019
Red or blue pill: fostering identification and transportation through dialogue choices in RPGsFDG 2019
An About Face: Diverse Representation in GamesCHI PLAY 2018
Designing for Friendship: Modeling Properties of Play, In-Game Social Capital, and Psychological Well-beingCHI PLAY 2018
Empirical Evaluation of Hybrid Gaze-Controller Selection Techniques in a Gaming ContextCHI PLAY 2018
Gaming with the Subaltern: Workshop on Diversity and Inclusion in GamesCHI PLAY 2018
Let Me Be Implicit: Using Motive Disposition Theory to Predict and Explain Behaviour in Digital GamesCHI Games & Play 2018
The Privilege of Immersion: Racial and Ethnic Experiences, Perceptions, and Beliefs in Digital GamingCHI Games & Play 2018
Age-Based Preferences and Player Experience: A Crowdsourced Cross-sectional StudyCHI PLAY 2017
Cooperation and Interdependence: How Multiplayer Games Increase Social ClosenessCHI PLAY 2017
Don't Talk Dirty to Me: How Sexist Beliefs Affect Experience in Sexist GamesCHI Games & Play 2017
Games for the Assessment and Treatment of Mental HealthCHI PLAY 2017
Racial Diversity in Indie Games: Patterns, Challenges, and OpportuntiesCHI PLAY 2017
The Effects of Navigation Assistance on Spatial Learning and Performance in a 3D GameCHI PLAY 2017
Those are not the Stories you are Looking For: Using Text Prototypes to Evaluate Game Narratives EarlyCHI PLAY 2017
Why is This Happening to Me?: How Player Attribution can Broaden our Understanding of Player ExperienceCHI Games & Play 2017
Fostering Intrinsic Motivation through Avatar Identification in Digital GamesCHI Games & Play 2016
How Disclosing Skill Assistance Affects Play Experience in a Multiplayer First-Person Shooter GameCHI Games & Play 2016
How to Present Game Difficulty Choices?: Exploring the Impact on Player ExperienceCHI Games & Play 2016
Peak-End Effects on Player Experience in Casual GamesCHI Games & Play 2016
Scaffolding Player Location Awareness through Audio Cues in First-Person ShootersCHI Games & Play 2016
SIGCHI Games: The Scope of Games and Play Research at CHICHI Games & Play 2016
The Effects of Social Exclusion on Play Experience and Hostile Cognitions in Digital GamesCHI Games & Play 2016
The Motivational Push of Games: The Interplay of Intrinsic Motivation and External Rewards in Games for TrainingCHI PLAY 2016
Using Positive or Negative Reinforcement in Neurofeedback Games for Training Self-RegulationCHI PLAY 2016
How Self-Esteem Shapes our Interactions with Play TechnologiesCHI PLAY 2015
Long-Term Use of Motion-Based Video Games in Care Home SettingsCHI Games & Play 2015
Manipulating Leaderboards to Induce Player ExperienceCHI PLAY 2015
Mobile Gamification for Crowdsourcing Data Collection: Leveraging the Freemium ModelCHI Games & Play 2015
Now You Can Compete With Anyone: Balancing Players of Different Skill Levels in a First-Person Shooter GameCHI Games & Play 2015
The False Dichotomy between Positive and Negative Affect in Game PlayCHI PLAY 2015
Decreasing sedentary behaviours in pre-adolescents using casual exergames at schoolCHI PLAY 2014
Designing a gameful system to support the collection, curation, exploration, and sharing of sports memorabiliaCHI PLAY 2014
Effects of balancing for physical abilities on player performance, experience and self-esteem in exergamesCHI Games & Play 2014
Improving player balancing in racing gamesCHI PLAY 2014
The effectiveness (or lack thereof) of aim-assist techniques in first-person shooter gamesCHI Games & Play 2014
The effects of embodied persuasive games on player attitudes toward people using wheelchairsCHI Games & Play 2014
Control your game-self: effects of controller type on enjoyment, motivation, and personality in gameCHI Games & Play 2013
KINECTwheels: wheelchair-accessible motion-based game interactionCHI Games & Play 2013
Tailoring persuasive health games to gamer typeCHI Games & Play 2013
Full-body motion-based game interaction for older adultsCHI Games & Play 2012
Biofeedback game design: using direct and indirect physiological control to enhance game interactionCHI Games & Play 2011
Target assistance for subtly balancing competitive playCHI Games & Play 2011
Objectively evaluating entertainment technologyCHI Games & Play 2004
False prophets: exploring hybrid board/video gamesCHI Games & Play 2002