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Rethinking Virtual Worlds: A Review of Gaming the System by David J. Gunkel

Publication date: 13.03.2019

Arts & Cultural Studies Review, 2018, Issue 4 (38), pp. 598 - 608

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Daniel Vella
University of Malta
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Rethinking Virtual Worlds: A Review of Gaming the System by David J. Gunkel

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Review:

David J. Gunkel, Gaming the System: Deconstructing Video Games, Game Studies, and Virtual Worlds, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2018, pp. 264.

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Information: Arts & Cultural Studies Review, 2018, Issue 4 (38), pp. 598 - 608

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Rethinking Virtual Worlds: A Review of Gaming the System by David J. Gunkel

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Rethinking Virtual Worlds: A Review of Gaming the System by David J. Gunkel

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