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Video Game Worlds
Timothy Rowlands
其他書名
Working at Play in the Culture of EverQuest
出版Routledge, 2016-06-16
主題Games & Activities / Video & MobileSocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Popular CultureSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN13154160429781315416045
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=lK1mDAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋As massively multiplayer online (MMO) games grow in scope and popularity, what are the characteristics of their emerging gaming culture? How is this culture shaped by the decisions made by game designers and the collective interpretations of a game’s player base? In this book, Timothy Rowlands brings a diverse mix of ethnographic, semiotic, and analytical approaches to the virtual world of EverQuest. Through first-hand player experiences and interviews of other gamers, Rowlands analyzes a gaming environment that, as time goes on, looks less like leisure and more like a workspace. This groundbreaking fusion of sociology and the world of MMOs is a must read for scholars and gamers alike.