Understanding a socially awkward digital play journey

DiGRA 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 DiGRA International Conference: DeFragging GameStudies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Huggard, Amy ^a   De Mel, Anushka ^a   Garner, Jayden ^a   Toprak, Cagdas ^a   Chatham, Alan ^a   Mueller, Florian ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital play; Exertion game; Social awkwardness; Uncomfortable interactions

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL GAMES; DIGITAL PLAY; EXERTION GAMES; GAME DESIGNERS; NOCV2; PERFORMANCE STRUCTURES; PHYSICAL PROXIMITY; SOCIAL AWKWARDNESS; WHOLE-BODY INTERACTIONS;

COMPUTER GAMES;

EID: 85000659021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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