Now it's personal: On abusive game design

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 40-47

  Wilson, Douglas ^a   Sicart, Miguel ^a  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abusive game design; Game design; Indie games

Indexed keywords

GAME DESIGN; INDIE GAMES;

DESIGN;

EID: 79951539617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1920778.1920785     Document Type: Conference Paper

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