03061oam 22006614a 450 991077751470332120230906004354.01-282-10089-097866121008950-262-28471-51-4237-7457-4(CKB)1000000000461581(OCoLC)609322057(CaPaEBR)ebrary10173666(SSID)ssj0000222598(PQKBManifestationID)11173253(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222598(PQKBWorkID)10174348(PQKB)10306291(MiAaPQ)EBC3338607(OCoLC)69669806(OCoLC)182530748(OCoLC)473754563(OCoLC)607747115(OCoLC)609322057(OCoLC)614968296(OCoLC)722565582(OCoLC)728037248(OCoLC)961575281(OCoLC)962612304(OCoLC)988477662(OCoLC)991949793(OCoLC)1037383710(OCoLC)1037913297(OCoLC)1038699342(OCoLC)1044567119(OCoLC)1055382819(OCoLC)1056409208(OCoLC)1060939209(OCoLC)1074313682(OCoLC)1077806448(OCoLC)1081231532(OCoLC)1083600664(OCoLC)1097352200(OCoLC-P)69669806(MaCbMITP)5418(Au-PeEL)EBL3338607(CaPaEBR)ebr10173666(CaONFJC)MIL210089(OCoLC)69669806(EXLCZ)99100000000046158120060601d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPlay between worlds exploring online game culture /T.L. TaylorCambridge, Mass. MIT Press©20061 online resource (206 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-262-20163-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-192) and index."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.Video gamesSocial aspectsFantasy gamesSocial aspectsRole playingSocial aspectsGAME STUDIES/Online GamesGAME STUDIES/Games & CultureCULTURAL STUDIES/Identity PoliticsVideo gamesSocial aspects.Fantasy gamesSocial aspects.Role playingSocial aspects.794.8Taylor T. L627078OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910777514703321Play Between Worlds1212567UNINA