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Synthetic worlds [[electronic resource] ] : the business and culture of online games / / Edward Castronova
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
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui