Playing in the Sandbox : An investigation into the motivations and nature of single player CRPG-players

Sammanfattning: The goal of this essay is to explore the nature in which players play and experience single                 player computer role-playing games. This will be accomplished by studying the existing            research on related subjects such as immersion, player agency, ethics in games, etc.,             conducting a survey on the subject of player motivation and approach to games, and then               analyzing the results of said survey in relation to the findings of the literary research.