Leaving a never-ending game: Quitting MMORPGs and online gaming addiction

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 211-217

  Lee, Ichia ^a   Yu, Chen Yi ^b   Lin, Holin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Addiction; Attachment; MMOGs online gaming

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ATTACHMENT; GAME CHANGE; GAME EXPERIENCE; MMORPGS; NEGATIVE IMAGE; ON-LINE GAMES; ON-LINE GAMING; PUBLIC CONCERN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84873361376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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