Defining grief play in MMORPGs: Player and developer perceptions

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 74, Issue , 2004, Pages 24-31

  Foo, Chek Yang ^a   Koivisto, Elina M I ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatars; Game design; Greed play; Grief play; Harassment; MMORPG; Power imposition; Role play; Scamming

Indexed keywords

GAME DESIGN; MMORPGS; PLAYER EXPERIENCE; ROLE PLAY; ROLE-PLAYING GAME;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77953747539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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