The interplay between immersion and appeal in video games

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-100

  Christou, Georgios ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b NONE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Appeal; Game experience; Immersion; Player experience; Video games

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

APPEAL; GAME EXPERIENCE; IMMERSION; PLAYER EXPERIENCE; VIDEO GAME;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84896509461     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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