Games about Caring: What Non-Player Characters can teach us about the human capacity for bonding

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Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 28 Aug 2025
Event	18th World Leisure Congress: Leisure for a Better Society. - Breda University of Applied Sciences, Breda, Netherlands Duration: 25 Aug 2025 → 28 Aug 2025 https://worldleisurenl.com/

Conference	18th World Leisure Congress: Leisure for a Better Society.
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Breda
Period	25/08/25 → 28/08/25
Internet address	https://worldleisurenl.com/

Keywords

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