Designing Serious Games for Cultural Heritage Purposes

Digital Games and Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 252-276

  Bellotti, Francesco ^a   Berta, Riccardo ^a   De Gloria, Alessandro ^b   Panizza, Giulia ^b   Pellegrino, Matteo ^b   Primavera, Ludovica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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