Siber Kültür ve Sosyal Oyunlar: Karşılaştırmalı Örneklerle Sosyal Oyun Deneyimi Üzerine Bir Çözümleme
Cyberculture and Social Games: An Analysis on Social Gaming, through Comparative Illustrations

Summary/Abstract: The integration of Internet into the computer game worlds not only has changed the gaming experience especially by turning it something more social, but it has also created a new type of social game culture which can be considered as one of the major components of the extensive cyberculture. Due to their social, cultural, psychological and economic dimensions and with the extensive growth of online games and the increase in the number of players joining these virtual worlds, these games raise many questions and produce several issues that have come into consideration for several disciplines. Playing an online game is not merely a gaming experience but it mostly also refers to a social experience shared with other players. The Internet by all means has changed our lives and influenced deeply the ways we interact and communicate. Internet also inevitably affected the computer games. Due to the nature of the Internet, the creation of online games, which allow players from different social groups, cultures and countries share a gaming experience, has several social repercussions. Today there is a wide range of online social games on the Internet, including multiplayer board games, card games, social network games, war games, and many other role playing games. This paper which includes analyses on online social gaming as a social phenomenon and on its consequences, involves the comparative illustrations of a social networking web game and a Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) which are vastly popular social games.

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