Beyond cyberspatial flaneurie: On the analytic potential of living with digital games

Games and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-67

  Simon, Bart ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; Digital games; Digital media; Flaneur; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049032559     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412005281789     Document Type: Article

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