Where do virtual worlds come from?: A genealogy of second life

Games and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-116

  Veerapen, Maeva ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

genealogy; history; Second Life; virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876577797     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412013478683     Document Type: Article

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