The magic circle and the mobility of play

Convergence

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-387

  Moore, Christopher ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

games; identity; magic circle; mobile; persona; play

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155151815     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856511414350     Document Type: Article

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