Brutally unfair tactics totally ok now: On self-effacing games and unachievements

Game Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wilson, Douglas ^a  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Achievements; Broken games; Cheating; Design research; Folk games; Game design; Indie games; Physical games; Togetherness; Unachievements

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951919465     PISSN: 16047982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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