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  1. Synthetic worlds
    the business and culture of online games
    Autor*in: Castronova, Edward
    Erschienen: ©2005
    Verlag:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0226096319; 9780226096315
    RVK Klassifikation: AP 14350 ; AP 18450 ; EC 2410
    Schlagworte: Internet games; Jeux sur Internet / Aspect social; Jeux sur Internet / Aspect économique; GAMES / Video & Electronic; Gesellschaft; Internet games; Internet games; Online-Spiel
    Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 332 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-317) and index

    Introduction: the changing meaning of play -- Part I: The synthetic world: a tour. Daily life on a synthetic earth -- The user -- The mechanics of world-making -- Emergent culture: institutions within synthetic reality -- The business of world-making -- Part II: When boundaries fade. The almost-magic circle -- Free commerce -- The economics of fun: behavior and design -- Governance -- Topographies of terror -- Toxic immersion and internal security -- Part III: Threats and opportunities. Implications and policies -- Into the age of wonder -- Appendix: a digression on virtual reality

    From EverQuest to World of Warcraft, online games have evolved from the exclusive domain of computer geeks into an extraordinarily lucrative staple of the entertainment industry. People of all ages and from all walks of life now spend thousands of hours?and dollars?partaking in this popular new brand of escapism. But the line between fantasy and reality is starting to blur. Players have created virtual societies with governments and economies of their own whose currencies now trade against the dollar on eBay at rates higher than the yen. And the players who inhabit these synthetic worlds are s
  2. Play between worlds
    exploring online game culture
    Autor*in: Taylor, T. L.
    Erschienen: c2006
    Verlag:  MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Sprache: Englisch
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    ISBN: 0262201631; 0262284715; 1423774574; 9780262201636; 9780262284714; 9781423774570
    Schlagworte: GAMES / Video & Electronic; Jeux sur Internet / Aspect social; Jeux de simulation / Aspect social; Jeu de rôle / Aspect social; Gesellschaft; Internet games; Fantasy games; Role playing; Soziologie; Computerspiel; Fantastisches Rollenspiel
    Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (197 p.)
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    Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002

    Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-192) and index

    1. Finding new worlds -- 2. Gaming lifeworlds : social play in persistent environments -- 3. Beyond fun : instrumental play and power games -- 4. Where the women are -- 5. Whose game is this anyway? -- 6. The future of persistent worlds and critical game studies

    "In Play Between Worlds, T.L. Taylor examines multiplayer gaming life as it is lived on the borders, in the gaps - as players slip in and out of complex social networks that cross online and offline space. Taylor questions the common assumption that playing computer games is an isolating and alienating activity indulged in by solitary teenage boys. Massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), in which thousands of players participate in a virtual game world in real time, are in fact actively designed for sociability. Games like the popular EverQuest, she argues, are fundamentally social spaces."--Jacket