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Premediating climate change in videogames: Repetition, mastery, and failure

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|Jul 2021

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Language: English
Page range: 184 - 199
Published on: Jul 6, 2021
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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