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Video Games as Dating Platforms: Exploring Digital Intimacies through a Chinese Online Dancing Video Game
A Chinese dancing video game is examined, QQ Dazzling Dance (QQ Xuan Wu), which creatively juxtaposes these two genres of participatory digital culture and recognizes the analytical and critical values in doing so. Expand
Video Games as Dating Platforms: Exploring Digital Intimacies through a Chinese Online Dancing Video Game
A Chinese dancing video game is examined, QQ Dazzling Dance (QQ Xuan Wu), which creatively juxtaposes these two genres of participatory digital culture and recognizes the analytical and critical values in doing so. Expand
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