This Is How We Play It: What a Mega-LAN Can Teach Us About Games

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

“This is How We Play It: What a Mega-LAN Can Teach Us About Games,” co-authored with Emma Witkowski, Foundations of Digital Games, Monterey, CA, June 2010. [PDF] Abstract Using data gathered through our participant observation and informal interviews at DreamHack Winter 2005 and 2009 we explore a number of themes that not only provide insight [...]

Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture. The MIT Press, March 2006. hardcover & paperback.

The Social Design of Virtual Worlds: Constructing the User and Community Through Code

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

“The Social Design of Virtual Worlds: Constructing the User and Community Through Code” in M. Consalvo et. al. (eds.), Internet Research Annual Volume 1: Selected Papers from the Association of Internet Researchers Conferences 2000-2002. New York: Peter Lang, 2004. [PDF]

Multiple Pleasures: Women and Online Gaming

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

“Multiple Pleasures: Women and Online Gaming,” Convergence, Vol. 9, No.1, 21-46, Spring 2003. Copy unavailable. Please refer to my book Play Between Worlds for the most up to date version of the argument.

Intentional Bodies: Virtual Environments and the Designers Who Shape Them

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

“Intentional Bodies: Virtual Environments and the Designers Who Shape Them,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol.19, No.1, 25-34, 2003. [PDF] Abstract This article examines the ways virtual environment software is explicitly designed with particular visions of identity, communication, and community in mind. This social context of software is considered with a particular focus on the [...]

Living Digitally: Embodiment in Virtual Worlds

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

“Living Digitally: Embodiment in Virtual Worlds” in R. Schroeder (ed.), The Social Life of Avatars: Presence and Interaction in Shared Virtual Environments. London: Springer-Verlag, 2002. [PDF]