Computing, Social Activity, and Entertainment: A Field Study of a Game MUD

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 87-122

  Muramatsu, Jack ^a   Ackerman, Mark S ^a,b  

^a Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amusement; Combat MUDs; CSCW; Entertainment; Games; MUDs; Participant observation; Play; Social worlds; System design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; GAME THEORY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK (CSCW) SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MULTI USER DUNGEON (MUD);

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0031706192     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008636204963     Document Type: Article

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