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Ifenthaler, D. (2017). Alternate Reality Games as Inventions. In: Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6616-1_346-2

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