A short and simple definition of what a videogame is

Proceedings of DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views - Worlds in Play

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Esposito, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Definition; Videogame

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC WORK; DEFINITION; INTERACTIVITY; NEW DESIGN; VIDEOGAME;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84859351082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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