Investigating narrative in mobile games for seniors

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 669-672

  Chu Yew Yee, Sharon Lynn ^a   Duh, Henry Been Lirn ^a   Quek, Francis ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; enjoyment; mobile games; narrative structure

Indexed keywords

GAME PLAYERS; MOBILE GAMES; NARRATIVE STRUCTURES; OLDER ADULTS; SENIOR CITIZENS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 77953982722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1753326.1753424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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