Living a virtual life: Social dynamics of online gaming

Game Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Kolo, Castulus ^a   Baur, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ SUPERCOMPUTING CENTRE   (Germany)

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EID: 24644469591     PISSN: 16047982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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