Free to be me: A survey study on customization with World of Warcraft and City of Heroes/Villains players

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1840-1845

  Turkay, Selen ^a   Adinolf, Sonam ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Customization; enjoyment; massively multiplayer online games; motivation; multi user online environments; survey study

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957697181     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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