Evaluating interactive entertainment using breakdown: Understanding embodied learning in video games

Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory - Proceedings of DiGRA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ryan, William ^a   Siegel, Martin A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied interaction; Entertainment; Flow; Immersion; Learnability; User experience; Video games

Indexed keywords

EMBODIED INTERACTION; ENTERTAINMENT; FLOW; IMMERSION; LEARNABILITY; USER EXPERIENCE; VIDEO GAME;

GAME THEORY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; USER INTERFACES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84873370763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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