Enjoyment of digital games: What makes them "seriously" fun?

Serious Games: Mechanisms and Effects

Volumn 9780203891650, Issue , 2009, Pages 25-47

  Wang, Hua ^a   Shen, Cuihua ^a   Ritterfeld, Ute ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84909136306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891650     Document Type: Chapter

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