Social characters for computer games

Interactive Technology and Smart Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-115

  Tomlinson, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous Characters; Computer Games; Social Dominance; Video Games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993073993     PISSN: 17415659     EISSN: 17588510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17415650580000036     Document Type: Article

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