Frustrating Desire: On Repens and Repositio, or the Attractions and Distractions of Digital games

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-108

  Lauwaert, Maaike ^a   Wachelder, Joseph ^a   Van de Walle, Johan ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caillois; commercial culture; cultural theory; new media technology; video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846393567     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276407071575     Document Type: Article

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