Immersion in Video Games

[TheGame]

Originally Posted by Angrist

BaB, I think that guy/gal confuses immersion with identifying with the hero. Identifying might be part of it, but it's not the same as immersion.

immersion - complete attention; intense mental effort
engrossment, absorption, concentration
attention - the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"

centering, focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction - the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"

specialism - the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation

study - a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study"

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/immersion

Its a big part of it. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you guys mean by immersion... I may be leaning more towards immersion in the total package of a video game, opposed to immersion in the gameplay only. How the topic was worded I'm assuming he was talking about the full package.