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Author:

Castronova, Edward.

Title:

Synthetic worlds : the business and culture of online games / Edward Castronova.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xi, 332 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Internet games--Social aspects.
Internet games--Economic aspects.
Jeux sur Internet--Aspect social.
Jeux sur Internet--Aspect économique.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the changing meaning of play -- Part I: The synthetic world: a tour. Daily life on a synthetic earth -- The user -- The mechanics of world-making -- Emergent culture: institutions within synthetic reality -- The business of world-making -- Part II: When boundaries fade. The almost-magic circle -- Free commerce -- The economics of fun: behavior and design -- Governance -- Topographies of terror -- Toxic immersion and internal security -- Part III: Threats and opportunities. Implications and policies -- Into the age of wonder -- Appendix: a digression on virtual reality.

ISBN:

9780226096278 (pbk.)
0226096270 (pbk.)
9780226096261 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226096262 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005007796

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)