Metagames, paragames and orthogames: A new vocabulary

Foundations of Digital Games 2012, FDG 2012 - Conference Program

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 11-17

  Carter, Marcus ^a   Gibbs, Martin ^a   Harrop, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

EVE Online; Magic Circle; Magic: The Gathering; Metagame; Metagaming; Orthogame; Paragame; Starcraft

Indexed keywords

EVE ONLINE; MAGIC CIRCLE; MAGIC: THE GATHERING; METAGAME; METAGAMING; ORTHOGAME; PARAGAME; STARCRAFT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84863899877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2282338.2282346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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