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

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Main Author: Castronova, Edward
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.
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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. 
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