Humour theory and videogames: Laughter in the slaughter

Proceedings - Sandbox Symposium 2006: ACM SIGGRAPH Video Game Symposium, Sandbox '06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 95-98

  Dormann, Claire ^a   Barr, Pippin ^b   Biddle, Robert ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

design; engagement; humour; videogames

Indexed keywords

ENGAGEMENT; VIDEO GAME;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DESIGN;

EID: 77953993473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1183316.1183329     Document Type: Conference Paper

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