Temporal frames: A unifying framework for the analysis of game temporality

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 516-523

  Zagal, Jose P ^a   Mateas, Michael ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Temporal frame; Temporality; Time; Videogames

Indexed keywords

EVENT SEQUENCE; FORMAL ANALYSIS; GAMEPLAY; PHYSICAL WORLD; TEMPORAL FRAME; TEMPORALITY; TIME; VIDEO GAME;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 76749162804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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