TableTalk Poker: An online social gaming environment for seniors

Future Play 2010: Research, Play, Share - International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 98-104

  Shim, Nicholas ^a   Baecker, Ronald ^a   Birnholtz, Jeremy ^b   Moffatt, Karyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Casual games; Game engagement; Learning; Online games; Poker; Roles; Seniors; Serious games; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

CASUAL GAMES; GAME ENGAGEMENT; LEARNING; ONLINE GAMES; POKER; ROLES; SENIORS; SERIOUS GAMES; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

DESIGN; INTERNET; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 79951523489     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1920778.1920792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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