Phantasmal Spaces: Archetypical Venues in Computer Games

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Phantasmal Spaces: Archetypical Venues in Computer Games. / Fuchs, Mathias.
New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. 136 p.

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Fuchs M. Phantasmal Spaces: Archetypical Venues in Computer Games. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. 136 p. doi: 10.5040/9781501332951

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