Comments on the article 'characterising and measuring user experiences in digital games' by ijsselsteijn et al. (2007)

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 287-289

  Curran, Noirin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

flow; game experience; games; immersion; measurement; psychometric; review; vicarious; visceral

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; MEASUREMENT; REVIEWS;

FLOW; GAME EXPERIENCE; GAMES; IMMERSION; PSYCHOMETRIC; VICARIOUS; VISCERAL;

USER EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84879248950     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/iwc/iwt015     Document Type: Review

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