Playing in genre fields: A play theory perspective on genre

SIGDOC'07: Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-8

  Christensen, David M ^a   Cootey, Jason L ^a   Moeller, Ryan M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer game; Framework; Genre; Genre fields; Play scenarios; Play theory; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SOCIAL STRUCTURES; COMPUTER GAME; GENRE FIELDS; PLAY THEORY;

ANIMATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 42149193216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1297144.1297146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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