1. ? 48% chose "I want to demonstrate my skills and talents" ? 41% chose "It gives me valuable experience" ? 16% chose "I hope to make money" ? 16% of respondents included other motivations, including: ? "Keep track of my thoughts easily;? 73% Chose;I enjoy being creative" ? 63% chose "I want to amuse my friends and others" ? 50% chose "I enjoy being part of a creative community
2. made gameplay or machinima videos ? 28% had made game mods or hacks ? 28% had authored fan fiction or fan artwork ? 27% had created new textures ? 22% had made music or sound effects ? 13% had made costumes, crafts, or other tangible objects ? 15% of those who had created game-based content had created forms of content that we did not list as options. These included: ? "entirely new games" ? "custom user interfaces" ? "guides & walkthroughs" ? "in character blog posts" ? "Custom players/teams in sporting games" ? "Roleplaying within an online game" ? "an audio podcast" We asked players who created content related to games what sorts of games they created for. Certain game genres were more likely to be used for player creative practices: ? 70% created content for or about action, arcade, adventure, or fantasy games ? 35% created content for or about strategy games ? 30% created content for or about simulation games ? 27% created content for or about MMOs ? 26% created content for or about first person shooters ? 14%;We asked those respondents what sorts of content they had created and listed several possibilities: ? 66% had created new objects in a game ? 56% had created new maps or new scenarios ? 49% had created new avatars ? 29% had