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02495cam a22004694a 4500 001 560F1FAA2B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20221102014946 008 050317s2005 ilu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2005007796 020 $a 9780226096278 (pbk.) 020 $a 0226096270 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780226096261 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 0226096262 (cloth : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d C#P $d COO $d NBU $d PUL $d LMR $d VP@ $d YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d BTCTA $d MUQ $d UWC $d IAK $d IOV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a GV1469.15 $b .C394 2005 082 00 $a 794.8/14678 $2 22 100 1 $a Castronova, Edward. 245 1 $a Synthetic worlds : $b the business and culture of online games / $c Edward Castronova. 260 $a Chicago : $b University of Chicago Press, $c c2005. 300 $a xi, 332 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a Internet games $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Internet games $x Economic aspects. 650 6 $a Jeux sur Internet $x Aspect social. 650 6 $a Jeux sur Internet $x Aspect eÌconomique. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip059/2005007796.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005007796-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005007796-d.html 941 $a 8 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021023611.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718082945.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508013516.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20140415020125.0 952 $l O4AX446 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090806113132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=560F1FAA2B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search