Character play - The use of game characters in multi-player role-playing games across platforms

Computers in Entertainment

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Tychsen, Anders ^a   Hitchens, Michael ^a   Brolund, Thea ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Characters; Interaction; Online communication; Personality; Role playing games

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

CHARACTERS; DIGITAL GAMES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GAME DESIGNS; GAME FORMATS; GAME RULES; INTERACTION; MEDIA PLATFORMS; MULTI PLAYERS; ONLINE COMMUNICATION; PERSONALITY; ROLE-PLAYING GAMES;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 49449118150     PISSN: 15443574     EISSN: 15443981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1371216.1371225     Document Type: Article

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