Mapping time in video games

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 145-151

  Nitsche, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Space; Time; Video game; Virtual world

Indexed keywords

GAME SPACE; MODELS OF TIME; SPACE; SPECIFIC TIME; TIME; VIDEO GAME; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 78650018143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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