The four fun keys

Game Usability: Advancing the Player Experience

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 317-343

  Lazzaro, Nicole ^a  

^a XEODesign Inc   (United States)

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EID: 85063538519     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b14580     Document Type: Chapter

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