Published January 25, 2026 | Version v1.0.5
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All BANG, little buck: Need-related experiences are weakly linked with behavior in the video game domain

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Imperial College London, Dyson School of Design Engineering
  • 2. University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute
  • 3. Tilburg University, Department of Social Psychology
  • 4. Karolinska Institute

Description

Code and materials for 'All BANG, little buck: Need-related experiences are weakly linked with behavior in the video game domain.' Contents: Reproducible Quarto manuscript with all analyses; R code for multilevel within-between models, multiple imputation, and visualizations; helper functions for processing multi-platform digital trace data. This repository analyzes data from the Open Play dataset (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17536656), which contains 30 days of daily diary surveys and digital trace data from 555 U.S. players across Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and Steam.

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