Nick Ballou

16 papers A* 4B 1C 2Misc 1Journal 7Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 A* conf
From Breakups to Lethargy: Player Accounts of Third Variables Affecting Video Game Playtime and Wellbeing.
CHI
Nick Ballou, Tamás Földes, Thomas Hakman, Andrew K. Przybylski
2026 J jnl
Self-determination theory in HCI: advancing the field.
Interact. Comput.
Nick Ballou, Dorian Peters, Gabriela Villalobos-Zúñiga, Elisa D. Mekler, Rafael A. Calvo, Sebastian Deterding
2026 J jnl
The Basic Needs in Games Model of Video Game Play and Mental Health.
Interact. Comput.
Nick Ballou, Sebastian Deterding
2024 J jnl
Affective Uplift During Video Game Play: A Naturalistic Case Study.
Games Res. Pract.
Matti Vuorre, Nick Ballou, Thomas Hakman, Kristoffer Magnusson, Andrew K. Przybylski
2024 A* conf
How does Juicy Game Feedback Motivate? Testing Curiosity, Competence, and Effectance.
CHI
Dominic Kao, Nick Ballou, Kathrin Gerling, Heiko Breitsohl, Sebastian Deterding
2024 J jnl
The Basic Needs in Games Scale (BANGS): A new tool for investigating positive and negative video game experiences.
Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud.
Nick Ballou, Alena Denisova, Richard M. Ryan, C. Scott Rigby, Sebastian Deterding
2023 J jnl
'I Just Wanted to Get It Over and Done With': A Grounded Theory of Psychological Need Frustration in Video Games.
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.
Nick Ballou, Sebastian Deterding
2023 J jnl
A Manifesto for More Productive Psychological Games Research.
Games Res. Pract.
Nick Ballou
2023 C conf
Learnings from the case Maple Refugee: A story of free-to-play, probability, and gamer consumer activism.
DiGRA
Solip Park, Nick Ballou, Maarten Denoo, Eva Grosemans, Elena Petrovskaya, Yaewon Jin, Leon Y. Xiao
2022 J jnl
"Clinically significant distress" in internet gaming disorder: An individual participant meta-analysis.
Comput. Hum. Behav.
Nick Ballou, David Zendle
2022 A* conf
Do People Use Games to Compensate for Psychological Needs During Crises? A Mixed-Methods Study of Gaming During COVID-19 Lockdowns.
CHI
Nick Ballou, Sebastian Deterding, Ioanna Iacovides, Laura Helsby
2022 — conf
Self-Determination Theory in HCI: Shaping a Research Agenda.
CHI Extended Abstracts
Nick Ballou, Sebastian Deterding, April Tyack, Elisa D. Mekler, Rafael A. Calvo, Dorian Peters, Gabriela Villalobos-Zúñiga, Selen Turkay
2022 C conf
The hidden intricacy of loot box design: A granular description of random mone-tized reward features.
DiGRA
Nick Ballou, Charles Gbadamosi, David Zendle
2021 B conf
Actions, not gestures: contextualising embodied controller interactions in immersive virtual reality.
VRST
Jack Ratcliffe, Nick Ballou, Laurissa Tokarchuk
2021 A* conf
Are You Open? A Content Analysis of Transparency and Openness Guidelines in HCI Journals.
CHI
Nick Ballou, Vivek R. Warriar, Sebastian Deterding
2021 Misc conf
Not Very Effective: Validity Issues of the Effectance in Games Scale.
CHI PLAY
Nick Ballou, Heiko Breitsohl, Dominic Kao, Kathrin Gerling, Sebastian Deterding