Uncanny speech

Game Sound Technology and Player Interaction: Concepts and Developments

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 213-234

  Tinwell, Angela ^a   Grimshaw, Mark ^a   Williams, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84900192865     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-828-5.ch011     Document Type: Chapter

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