Self and selfishness in online social play

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 226-234

  Myers, David ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grief play; Individual play; MMORPG; Play theory; Social play; Solo play

Indexed keywords

GRIEF PLAY; INDIVIDUAL PLAY; MMORPG; PLAY THEORY; SOCIAL PLAY; SOLO PLAY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84873344248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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