The allure of games: Toward an updated theory of the leisure class

Games and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-42

  Niman, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

extrinsic rewards; flow; MMORPG; socially responsible games; Veblen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875422829     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412013478685     Document Type: Article

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