Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture. The MIT Press, March 2006. hardcover & paperback.
Assemblage of Play
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009“The Assemblage of Play”, Games and Culture, vol. 4, no. 4, 331-339, 2009. (Correction to text: This piece was funded by the MacArthur Foundation.) [PDF, pre-print] Abstract This article explores the notion of assemblage for computer game studies. Drawing on this framework the author proposes a multi-faceted methodological approach to the study of games and [...]
Becoming a Player: Networks, Structures, and Imagined Futures
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009“Becoming a Player: Networks, Structures, and Imagined Futures” in Y. Kafai, C. Heeter, J. Denner, and J. Sun (eds.) Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat: New Perspectives on Gender, Games, and Computing, Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2008. [PDF]
Does WoW Change Everything?
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009“Does WoW Change Everything?: How a PvP Server, Multinational Playerbase, and Surveillance Mod Scene Caused Me Pause,” Games & Culture, v. 1 n. 4, October 2006. [PDF] Note: An abbreviated version of this article (does not include age & nationality discussion) appears in in J. Walker and H. Corneliussen (eds.) Digital Culture, Play, and Identity: [...]
The Sopranos Meets EverQuest: Socialization Processes in Massively Multiplayer Games
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009“The Sopranos Meets EverQuest: Socialization Processes in Massively Multiuser Games” with Mikael Jakobsson, FineArt Forum, Vol. 17, Issue 8, August 2003. [PDF] Note: Parts of the argument in this article can be found updated and revised in my book Play Between Worlds. Abstract This article explores the ways social interaction plays an integral role in [...]
