Storyline, dance/music, or PvP?: Game movies and community players in World of Warcraft

Games and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 362-382

  Lowood, Henry ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer games; Machinima; Online games; Performance; World of Warcraft

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249160099     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412006292617     Document Type: Article

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