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Group play: determining factors on the gaming experience in multiplayer role-playing games

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Volume 5 , Issue 4 (October 2007) table of contents

SECTION: Games table of contents

Article No. 10

Year of Publication: 2008

ISSN:1544-3574

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Anders Tychsen	IT University of Copenhagen
Michael Hitchens	Macquarie University
Thea Brolund	University of Technology, Sydney
Doris McIlwain	Macquarie University
Manolya Kavakli	Macquarie University

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