Effects of grief play

Computer Games and Allied Technology 08, CGAT 08 - Animation, Multimedia, IPTV and Edutainment, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 284-295

  Foo, Chek Yang ^a  

^a TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Game design; Game rules; Grief play; MMORPG; Multi player; Online game; Player expectations; Role play

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IPTV; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE DESIGN;

GAME DESIGN; GAME RULES; GRIEF PLAY; MMORPG; MULTI-PLAYER; ON-LINE GAMES; PLAYER EXPECTATIONS; ROLE PLAY;

COMPUTER GAMES;

EID: 84857070580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5176/978-981-08-8227-3_cgat08-39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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