Homo deludens: Cheating as a methodological tool in digital games research

Convergence

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-367

  Kücklich, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cheating; Deludology; Methodology; Rule breaking; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049151664     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856507081951     Document Type: Article

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