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 |
Malaby Thomas M. <1967->
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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-9910824439603321 |
Malaby Thomas M. <1967->
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Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009 | ||
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On the way to fun : an emotion-based approach to successful game design / / Roberto Dillon |
Autore | Dillon Roberto |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Natick, Mass. : , : A K Peters, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
Disciplina | 794.8/1526 |
Soggetto topico |
Video games - Programming
Video games - Design - Social aspects |
ISBN |
0-429-06615-5
1-138-42789-6 1-56881-409-7 1-4398-7689-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: What Makes a Game Fun?; PART I. Emotions and Games: The 6-11 Framework; PART II. Case Studies: Retro Games; PART III. Case Studies: Indie Games; PART IV. Conclusions; References; About the Author; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789336603321 |
Dillon Roberto
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Natick, Mass. : , : A K Peters, , 2010 | ||
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On the way to fun : an emotion-based approach to successful game design / / Roberto Dillon |
Autore | Dillon Roberto |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Natick, Mass. : , : A K Peters, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
Disciplina | 794.8/1526 |
Soggetto topico |
Video games - Programming
Video games - Design - Social aspects |
ISBN |
0-429-06615-5
1-138-42789-6 1-56881-409-7 1-4398-7689-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: What Makes a Game Fun?; PART I. Emotions and Games: The 6-11 Framework; PART II. Case Studies: Retro Games; PART III. Case Studies: Indie Games; PART IV. Conclusions; References; About the Author; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815767403321 |
Dillon Roberto
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Natick, Mass. : , : A K Peters, , 2010 | ||
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