Playing video games as entertainment

Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-8

  Vorderer, Peter ^a   Bryant, Jennings ^b   Pieper, Katherine M ^a   Weber, René ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 32644446237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203873700     Document Type: Chapter

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