Play it for real: Sustained seamless life/game merger in Momentum

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 121-129

  Stenros, Jaakko ^a   Montola, Markus ^a   Waern, Annika ^b   Jonsson, Staffan ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ARG; Gamemastering viability; Larp; Life game merger; Pervasive gaming; Role play; Seamlessness

Indexed keywords

ARG; GAMEMASTERING VIABILITY; LARP; LIFE/GAME MERGER; PERVASIVE GAMING; ROLE PLAY; SEAMLESSNESS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

MERGING;

EID: 70350584239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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