Sanctions, punishment, and game design: Designing MMORPGs for fair treatment of players

12th Middle Eastern Simulation and Modelling Multiconference, MESM 2011 - 2nd GAMEON-ARABIA Conference, GAMEON-ARABIA 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 144-148

  Christou, Georgios ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Design; Online gaming

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MODAL ANALYSIS;

GAME DESIGN; GAME DESIGNERS; MMORPGS; ON-LINE GAMING; ONLINE SURVEYS; WORLD OF WARCRAFT;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84884500898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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