Player motivations: A psychological perspective

Computers in Entertainment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bostan, Barbaros ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Games; Player motivations; Player psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249108941     PISSN: 15443574     EISSN: 15443981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1541895.1541902     Document Type: Article

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