Genres as a tool for understanding and analyzing user experience in games

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 773-774

  Ye, Zhan ^a  

^a Blackwell Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Game; Genre; Genre conventions; Interface metaphor; User experience; User interface

Indexed keywords

GAME; GENRE; GENRE CONVENTIONS; INTERFACE METAPHOR; USER EXPERIENCE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84869010957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/985921.985929     Document Type: Conference Paper

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