Fantasy, realism, and the other in recent video games

Space and Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-325

  Schwartz, Leigh ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fantasy; Geography; Media; Othering; Virtual

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249150486     PISSN: 12063312     EISSN: 15528308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1206331206289019     Document Type: Review

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