Character Immersion in Video Games as a Form of Acting

We examine here the proposal that playing video games is akin to a form of acting, in other words, a type of informal character portrayal in which the player not only controls the actions of the character but enacts the character’s narrative and emotional arc. Informal acting in video games is a mentalistic process in which the player embodies the character by empathizing and immersing with the character. To examine the extent to which video …