Spatial regimes of the digital playground: Cultural functions of spatial practices in computer games

Space and Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-272

  Lammes, Sybille ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Cartography; Game spaces; Games as spatial cultures; Magic circle; Node

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049274090     PISSN: 12063312     EISSN: 15528308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1206331208319150     Document Type: Review

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