Console gaming across generations: exploring intergenerational interactions in collocated console gaming
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Collocated Intergenerational Console Gaming
We present results from a multi-generational study of collocated group console gaming. We examine the intergenerational gaming practices of four generations of gamers, from ages 3 to 83 and, in particular, the roles that gamers of different generations take on when playing together in groups. Our findings highlight the extent to which existing gaming technologies are amenable to interactions wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Universal Access in the Information Society
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1615-5289,1615-5297
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-011-0232-1