A review of theories of player enjoyment in playing computer games

Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning

Volumn 2008-January, Issue , 2008, Pages 59-68

  Boyle, Elizabeth ^a   Connolly, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Enjoyment; Flow theory; Motivation; Reversal theory; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875242240     PISSN: 20490992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Review

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