Communities of Play
Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds
$52.41
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2011
Summary
The odyssey of a group of “refugees” from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds.Play communities existed long before massively multiplayer online games; they have ranged from bridge clubs to sports leagues, from tabletop role-playing games to Civil War reenactments. With the emergence of digital networks, however, new varieties of adult play communities have appeared, most notably within online games and virtual worlds. Players in these networ…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262516730 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026251673X |
| Author: | Celia Pearce, Tom Boellstorff, Bonnie A. Nardi |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Communities of Play |
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Critics Review
”[Celia Pearce’s] background as a games designer is evident in the way she respectfully engages readers in clear, vivid prose structured in an original and–can we say it?–entertaining way. From its thoughtful analyses of play and community to its authoritative contextualization of games and virtual worlds, this book repays study on many levels. Enjoy!” from the foreword by Bonnie Nardi
About The Author
Celia Pearce
Celia Pearce is Associate Professor of Game Design and Head of the Game Design Program at Northeastern University. She is the author of The Interactive Book- A Guide to the Interactive Revolution. Artemesia is her coauthor and avatar.Bonnie A. Nardi is Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, and Cofounder of Center for Research in Sustainability, Collapse-preparedness, and Information Technology there. She is the coauthor of Acting with Technology (MIT Press).
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