Digital game involvement: A conceptual model

Games and Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 236-260

  Calleja, Gordon ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Immersion; Incorporation; Involvement; MMOGs; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249141943     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412007306206     Document Type: Article

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