Living in a virtual world?: An excessive gamer typology

Multiplayer: The Social Aspects of Digital Gaming

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 202-212

  Domahidi, Emese ^b   Quandt, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 84920583920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203627488     Document Type: Chapter

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