Video games and embodiment

Games and Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 253-263

  Gee, James Paul ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Identity; Thinking; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049102884     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412008317309     Document Type: Article

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