Gendered gaming experience in social space: From home to internet café

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lin, Holin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dormitory; Gaming environment; Gaming experience; Gender differences; Home; Internet caf

Indexed keywords

DORMITORY; GAMING ENVIRONMENT; GAMING EXPERIENCES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HOME; INTERNET CAFES;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 84864220767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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