Player character (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Player character" in English language version.

Last modified: 23:05:55, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

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85books.google.com

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11destructoid.com

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archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Thorpe, Nick (March 2014). "The 80s: The Golden Age of the Arcade". Retro Gamer. No. 127. pp. 28–31.
"Viewpoint". GameFan. Vol. 1, no. 10. September 1993. pp. 14–5.

believermag.com (Global: low place; English: 9,068^th place)

La Farge, Paul (September 2006). "Destroy All Monsters". The Believer Magazine. Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-12-25.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Waggoner, Zack (2009). My Avatar, My Self: Identity in Video Role-Playing Games. University of Michigan. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7864-4109-9. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
Douglas, Jeremy (December 2007). Command Lines: Aesthetics and Technique in Interactive Fiction and New Media. University of California, Santa Barbara. p. 199. ISBN 9780549363354. Retrieved 2014-11-12.^{[permanent dead link]}
Williams, Andrew (16 March 2017). History of Digital Games: Developments in Art, Design and Interaction. CRC Press. pp. 79–84, 143–146, 152–154. ISBN 978-1-317-50381-1.
Horowitz, Ken (21 October 2016). Playing at the Next Level: A History of American Sega Games. McFarland & Company. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7864-9994-6.
Conference Proceedings: Conference, March 15–19 : Expo, March 16–18, San Jose, CA : the Game Development Platform for Real Life. The Conference. 1999. p. 299. what do you get if you put Sonic the Hedgehog (or any other character action game for that matter) in 3D

businesswire.com (Global: 828^th place; English: 485^th place)

"Blizzard's Worlds Collide When Heroes of the Storm Launches June 2". Business Wire. 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2020-09-07. The free-to-play online team brawler brings together a diverse cast of iconic characters from Blizzard's far-flung realms of science fiction and fantasy

destructoid.com (Global: 869^th place; English: 560^th place)

Hovermale, Chris (2019-03-10). "How Devil May Cry's arcade inspirations shaped character action games". Destructoid. Retrieved 30 April 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

gamasutra.com (Global: 1,096^th place; English: 889^th place)

Wawro, Alex (6 May 2016). "Hero Shooters: Charting the (re)birth of a genre". www.gamasutra.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-15.

howtogeek.com (Global: 8,729^th place; English: 6,329^th place)

Crider, Michael (Nov 6, 2017). "Why Are MOBA Games like League of Legends So Popular?". How-To Geek. Retrieved 2020-07-17.

pcgamer.com (Global: 406^th place; English: 284^th place)

Wood, Austin (2016-10-25). "What the strange evolution of the hero shooter tells us about the genre's future". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2021-01-15.

pcgamesn.com (Global: 1,845^th place; English: 1,151^st place)

Higgins, Chris (Nov 27, 2015). "The making of a Smite god: from mythology to main stage". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2020-09-07. Obviously we're a game about mythology, so one of the things we look for is a mythological character that would be good to bring into the game

polygon.com (Global: 215^th place; English: 150^th place)

Marshall, Cass (2019-12-05). "Riot's new games are League of Legends' best asset (and biggest threat)". Polygon. Retrieved 2020-09-07. Now it has lore that's legitimately worth reading, in a collection of genres ranging from Lovecraftian horror to knights and banners fantasy to pirate power struggles.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

La Farge, Paul (September 2006). "Destroy All Monsters". The Believer Magazine. Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
Wawro, Alex (6 May 2016). "Hero Shooters: Charting the (re)birth of a genre". www.gamasutra.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-15.

Player character (English Wikipedia)

archive.org (Global: 6th place; English: 6th place)

believermag.com (Global: low place; English: 9,068th place)

books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; English: 3rd place)

businesswire.com (Global: 828th place; English: 485th place)

destructoid.com (Global: 869th place; English: 560th place)

gamasutra.com (Global: 1,096th place; English: 889th place)

howtogeek.com (Global: 8,729th place; English: 6,329th place)

pcgamer.com (Global: 406th place; English: 284th place)

pcgamesn.com (Global: 1,845th place; English: 1,151st place)

polygon.com (Global: 215th place; English: 150th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)