Mastering the art of war: How patterns of gameplay influence skill in halo

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 695-704

  Huang, Jeff ^a   Zimmermann, Thomas ^b   Nagappan, Nachiappan ^b   Harrison, Charles ^c   Phillips, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaming skill; Learning; Online multiplayer; Video games

Indexed keywords

ART OF WAR; GAME DESIGNERS; GAMING SKILL; LEARNING; MULTIPLAYERS; RUN COUNTERS; TRUESKILL; VIDEO GAME;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SURVEYS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84877976156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2470654.2470753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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