On modder labour, commodification of play, and mod competitions

First Monday

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Sotamaa, Olli ^a  

^a Digra Finland   (Finland)

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EID: 34548702887     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v12i9.2006     Document Type: Article

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