Play Between Worlds : Exploring Online Game Culture.
Title:
Play Between Worlds : Exploring Online Game Culture.
Author:
Taylor, T. L.
ISBN:
9780262284714
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (206 pages)
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- 1 Finding New Worlds -- 2 Gaming Lifeworlds: Social Play in Persistent Environments -- 3 Beyond Fun: Instrumental Play and Power Gamers -- 4 Where the Women Are -- 5 Whose Game Is This Anyway? -- 6 The Future of Persistent Worlds and Critical Game Studies -- Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
A study of Everquest that provides a snapshot of multiplayer gaming culture, questions the truism that computer games are isolating and alienating, and offers insights into broader issues of work and play, gender identity, technology, and commercial culture.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
Click to View