Theoretical and methodological challenges (and opportunities) in virtual worlds research

Foundations of Digital Games 2012, FDG 2012 - Conference Program

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 134-140

  De Castell, Suzanne ^a   Taylor, Nicholas ^b   Jenson, Jennifer ^b   Weiler, Mark ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Massively Multiplayer Online Games; Methodologies; Research ethics; Video games

Indexed keywords

MASSIVELY MULTI-PLAYER ONLINE GAMES; METHODOLOGIES; RESEARCH ETHICS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; VIDEO GAME; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERNET; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84863904342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2282338.2282366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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