MMOGs and the future of literature

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 319-326

  Kücklich, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literature; MMOGs; Realism; Textual analysis; Utopia

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE; MMOGS; REALISM; TEXTUAL ANALYSIS; UTOPIA;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77954125716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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