Communities of Play

Author: Celia Pearce
Edition:
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B004GGT17M
Category: Game Programming

Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds

Play communities existed long before massively multiplayer online games; they have
ranged from bridge clubs to sports leagues, from tabletop role-playing games to Civil War
reenactments. Download Communities of Play game programming books for free. With the emergence of digital networks, however, new varieties of adult play
communities have appeared, most notably within online games and virtual worlds. Players in these
networked worlds sometimes develop a sense of community that transcends the game itself. In
Communities of Play, game researcher and designer Celia Pearce explores emergent fan cultures in
networked digital worlds--actions by players that do not coincide with the intentions of the game's
designers. Pearce looks in particular at the Uru Diaspora--a group of

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Pearce looks in particular at the Uru Diaspora--a group of

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