Group play: Determining factors on the gaming experience in multiplayer role-playing games

Computers in Entertainment

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Tychsen, Anders ^a   Hitchens, Michael ^b   Brolund, Thea ^c   McIlwain, Doris ^b   Kavakli, Manolya ^b  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Character; Gaming experience; Human computer interaction; Role playing games

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CHARACTERS; GAMING EXPERIENCE; ROLE-PLAYING GAMES;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 41149170139     PISSN: 15443574     EISSN: 15443981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1324198.1324208     Document Type: Article

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