Architectures of affect: Anticipating and manipulating the event in processes of videogame design and testing

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 653-671

  Ash, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DESIGN METHOD; MASS MEDIA; SOFTWARE; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 77954430900     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d9309     Document Type: Article

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