On the research value of large games: Natural experiments in Norrath and Camelot

Games and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-186

  Castronova, Edward ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Games; MMORPGs; Natural experiments; Social science methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249044942     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412006286686     Document Type: Article

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