Genre and game studies: Toward a critical approach to video game genres

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-23

  Apperley, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genre; Interactivity; Remediation; Video game

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144477929     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878105282278     Document Type: Article

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