Storytelling in new media: The case of alternate reality games, 2001-2009

First Monday

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kim, Jeffrey ^a   Lee, Elan ^b   Thomas, Timothy ^a   Dombrowski, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fourth Wall Studios   (United States)

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EID: 69949182402     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v14i6.2484     Document Type: Article

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