Why game studies now? Gamers don't bowl alone

Games and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-16

  Williams, Dmitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Massively multiplayer; Online games; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547579360     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412005281774     Document Type: Article

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