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Playful or Gameful?: creating delightful user experiences

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      cover image Interactions
      Interactions  Volume 21, Issue 3
      May-June 2014
      74 pages
      ISSN:1072-5520
      EISSN:1558-3449
      DOI:10.1145/2608008
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      • Ron Wakkary,
      • Erik Stolterman
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