Approaching game-studies: Towards a reflexive methodology of games as situated cultures

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 25-30

  Lammes, Sybille ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Games as culture; Methodology; Player researcher; Reflectivity; Situatedness

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; CULTURAL PRACTICES; CULTURAL STUDIES; METHODOLOGY; PLAYER/RESEARCHER; SITUATEDNESS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; REFLECTION;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84873359293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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