The mod industries? The industrial logic of non-market game production

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-195

  Nieborg, David B ^a   Van Der Graaf, Shenja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

First person shooter; Game engine; Proprietary experience; Proprietary extension; Total conversion modification

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149122658     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549407088331     Document Type: Article

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