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

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              Computers in Entertainment  Volume 5, Issue 4
              Theoretical and Practical Computer Applications in Entertainment
              10/01/2007
              164 pages
              EISSN:1544-3574
              DOI:10.1145/1324198
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