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Making virtual worlds [[electronic resource] ] : Linden Lab and Second Life / / Thomas M. Malaby
| Making virtual worlds [[electronic resource] ] : Linden Lab and Second Life / / Thomas M. Malaby |
| Autore | Malaby Thomas M. <1967-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Second Life (Game) - Social aspects
Shared virtual environments Computer games - Design - Social aspects Business anthropology - California - San Francisco Corporate culture - California - San Francisco |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8014-5775-0
0-8014-5899-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Developer's-Eye View -- 1. The Product: Second Life, Capital, and the Possibility of Failure in a Virtual World -- 2. Tools of the Gods -- 3. Knowing the Gamer from the Game -- 4. The Birth of the Cool -- 5. Precarious Authority -- Appendix A: The Tao of Linden -- Appendix B: The Mission of Linden Lab -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460040703321 |
Malaby Thomas M. <1967->
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| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Making virtual worlds [[electronic resource] ] : Linden Lab and Second Life / / Thomas M. Malaby
| Making virtual worlds [[electronic resource] ] : Linden Lab and Second Life / / Thomas M. Malaby |
| Autore | Malaby Thomas M. <1967-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Second Life (Game) - Social aspects
Shared virtual environments Video games - Design - Social aspects Business anthropology - California - San Francisco Corporate culture - California - San Francisco |
| ISBN |
0-8014-5775-0
0-8014-5899-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Developer's-Eye View -- 1. The Product: Second Life, Capital, and the Possibility of Failure in a Virtual World -- 2. Tools of the Gods -- 3. Knowing the Gamer from the Game -- 4. The Birth of the Cool -- 5. Precarious Authority -- Appendix A: The Tao of Linden -- Appendix B: The Mission of Linden Lab -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789624003321 |
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Malaby Thomas M. <1967->
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| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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