From edutainment to serious games: A change in the use of game characteristics

Games and Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-198

  Charsky, Dennis ^a  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Edutainment; Game characteristics; Games; Serious games; Simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956855954     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412009354727     Document Type: Review

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