Natural Funativity

Below are some of the types of 'fun' that are addressed in the natural funativity theory. The theory states that games and other types of media use our primary urges as humans to evoke fun.

Physical Fun:
This looks at a humans primary urge, survival. Where humans would need to be strong and fit to survive, certain games today can get the same reactions. Team sports games, physical games such as dance mats and the eye toy are all forms of physical fun that get the player moving and acting in a way that we would once need to to survive.

Social Fun:
As humans we have always been tribal. Attracting mates and forming groups has become a natural way of life. The form of social fun in media are online games, multiplayer games and chat rooms. All of these things allow for interaction between humans while playing video games.

Mental Fun:
Mental fun is how we as humans use our brains. Games such as tetris, the rubic's cube and bedazzled are all games that are much more demanding on the brain than those above.

Blended Fun:
Blended fun is quite simply all of the types of fun listed above mixed into one. Most forms of entertainment these days have more than just one type of fun in them. Sports games tend to have a broad variety of fun in that they are physical while at the same time strategic and social.