Contexts, gaming pleasures, and gendered preferences

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 464-482

  Carr, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Attributes; Computer games; Context; Gaming competence; Gender; Peer culture; Pleasure; Preferences; Tastes

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344445685     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878105282160     Document Type: Article

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