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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454561103321

Autore

Pearce Celia

Titolo

Communities of play [[electronic resource] ] : emergent cultures in multiplayer games and virtual worlds / / Celia Pearce and Artemesia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-69471-5

9786612694714

0-262-25912-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

794.8/1

Soggetti

Internet games - Social aspects

Fantasy games - Social aspects

Role playing - Social aspects

Shared virtual environments - Social aspects

Communities

Community life

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The odyssey of a group of "refugees" from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds.