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...alysis (Guest et al., 2012). The nature of this work is inductive as the list of social features was created based on the findings. Three researchers played and examined 16 social games on Facebook and recorded findings individually. The purpose was to identify social features from the selected games. These social features could be 1) game interface elements (Jørgensen, 2013) like friend’s portrait in the game interface, 2) game mechanics (Holopainen, 2011) like sending a virtual item to a friend, 3) game design patterns (Björk & Holopainen, 2005) like collaborative actions or 4) affordances (Pinchbeck, 2009) like in-game chat window. As the researchers focused on internal level of sociability (Salen & Zimmerman, 2004), -- 7 -- the findings are objective and there is no researcher bias. These features either are or are not programmed in the game. External social features, like Facebook chat for example, would not account as a social feature as it is not an internal part of the game. The games (Table 1) were selected based on their popularity, novelty, or difference to each other to cover a wide spectrum of different kinds of social games. Code Game Criteria Launched Publisher Genre A Army Attack P...