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Designing for fun: how can we design user interfaces to be more fun?

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      cover image Interactions
      Interactions  Volume 11, Issue 5
      Funology
      September + October 2004
      90 pages
      ISSN:1072-5520
      EISSN:1558-3449
      DOI:10.1145/1015530
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