"Have fun working with our product!": Critical perspectives on computer game mod competitions

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sotamaa, Olli ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Free labour; Game industry; Mod competitions; Modders; Mods; Political economy

Indexed keywords

FREE LABOUR; GAME INDUSTRY; MODDERS; MODS; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84873354200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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