Ludic mobilities: The corporealities of mobile gaming

Mobilities

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 431-447

  Richardson, Ingrid ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Game studies; Hybrid reality game; Location based game; Ludology; Magic circle; Mobile media; Mobile phone; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; MEMBRANE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; ONTOGENY;

EID: 77957080905     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2010.510329     Document Type: Article

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