The labor of fun: How video games blur the boundaries of work and play

Games and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-71

  Yee, Nick ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor; Massively multiplayer online games; MMORPGs; MMOs; Online gaming; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847731833     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412005281819     Document Type: Article

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