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