Synthetic worlds : the business and culture of online games / Edward Castronova.
Castronova, Edward.
2005
GV1469.15 .C43 2005 (Mapit)
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Title Synthetic worlds : the business and culture of online games / Edward Castronova.
Author Castronova, Edward.
ISBN 0226096262 (alk. paper)
Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Language English
Description xi, 332 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number GV1469.15 .C43 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 794.8/14678
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317) and index.
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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.

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