Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Play 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]
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]
