Liberal Sims?: Simulated difference and the commodity of social diversity

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Curlew, A Brady ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commodification of diversity; Representation; The Sims

Indexed keywords

COMMODIFICATION OF DIVERSITY; REPRESENTATION; VIDEO GAME;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PROFITABILITY;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84873356751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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