Negotiating play: The process of rule construction in professional computer gaming

Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory - Proceedings of DiGRA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Taylor, T L ^a  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Negotiation; Professional gaming; Rules

Indexed keywords

ACROSS TIME; BROADCAST MEDIA; COMPLEX NEGOTIATION; COMPUTER GAME; COMPUTER GAMING; COUNTS-AS; GAME SOFTWARE; GRAND FINAL; MULTIPLAYERS; NEGOTIATION; PRIMARY FUNCTIONS; PROFESSIONAL GAMING; ROLE PLAY; RULE SET; RULES; SEATTLE; SET OF RULES; WAYPOINTS; WHITE BOARD;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PERSONAL COMPUTING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 84873343387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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