Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds by Celia Pearce

Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds

Celia Pearce with Tom Boellstorff (Contributor), Bonnie A. Nardi (Contributor)

327 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction sociology video games adventurous challenging slow-paced
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The odyssey of a group of "refugees" from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds.Play communities existed long before massively multiplayer online games; they have ranged from bridge clubs to sports...

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