In search of the videogame player: The lives of Mario

New Media and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 405-422

  Newman, James ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer games; Gameworld; Human computer interaction; Interactivity; Interface; Nintendo; Sony PlayStation; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036392346     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146144480200400305     Document Type: Article

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