Synthetic worlds [[electronic resource] ] : the business and culture of online games / / Edward Castronova |
Autore | Castronova Edward |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina | 794.8/14678 |
Soggetto topico |
Internet games - Social aspects
Internet games - Economic aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-95932-4
9786611959326 0-226-09631-9 |
Classificazione | AP 18200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: THE CHANGING MEANING OF PLAY -- 1. Daily Life on a Synthetic Earth -- 2. The User -- 3. The Mechanics of World-Making -- 4. Emergent Culture: Institutions within Synthetic Reality -- 5. The Business of World-Making -- 6. The Almost-Magic Circle -- 7. Free Commerce -- 8. The Economics of Fun: Behavior and Design -- 9. Governance -- 10. Topographies of Terror -- 11. Toxic Immersion and Internal Security -- 12. Implications and Policies -- 13. Into the Age of Wonder -- Appendix: A Digression on Virtual Reality -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453863303321 |
Castronova Edward | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Synthetic worlds : the business and culture of online games / / Edward Castronova |
Autore | Castronova Edward |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina | 794.8/14678 |
Soggetto topico |
Internet games - Social aspects
Internet games - Economic aspects |
ISBN |
1-281-95932-4
9786611959326 0-226-09631-9 |
Classificazione | AP 18200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: THE CHANGING MEANING OF PLAY -- 1. Daily Life on a Synthetic Earth -- 2. The User -- 3. The Mechanics of World-Making -- 4. Emergent Culture: Institutions within Synthetic Reality -- 5. The Business of World-Making -- 6. The Almost-Magic Circle -- 7. Free Commerce -- 8. The Economics of Fun: Behavior and Design -- 9. Governance -- 10. Topographies of Terror -- 11. Toxic Immersion and Internal Security -- 12. Implications and Policies -- 13. Into the Age of Wonder -- Appendix: A Digression on Virtual Reality -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827020503321 |
Castronova Edward | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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