عنوان

Online multiplayer games /

1608451429 (pbk.)

9781608451425 (pbk.)

b516302

Online multiplayer games /

[Book]

William Sims Bainbridge

[San Rafael, Calif.] :

Morgan & Claypool Publishers,

[c2010]

viii, 105 p. :

ill. ;

24 cm

Synthesis lectures on information concepts, retrieval, and services,

#13

1947-945X ;

Place of publication from publisher's website

Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-104)

Introduction. Types of online multiplayer games -- Preserving game history -- Intellectual approaches to games -- Research topic areas -- Historical-cultural origins. A Tale in the Desert -- Dark Age of Camelot -- Age of Conan -- Lord of the Rings online -- StarWars Galaxies -- Technical constraints. Latency -- Sharding -- Graphics --Rolecoding and social control. Systems of rules -- Deviant behavior -- Game masters and mentors -- Legal regime -- Personality and motivation. Psychological theories and typologies -- Game-based theories -- Theoretical debates -- Non-player character personality -- Avatars and characters. Building a bond with an avatar -- The quality of avatar relationships -- Secondary avatars -- Facing the end -- Virtual professions and economies. Work in StarWars Galaxies -- Production in World of Warcraft -- Division of labor in professions -- Social relations inside games. Emergent social organization -- Examples of guilds -- Quantitative research on guilds -- Implications for external society. The online game penumbra -- What people learn in online games -- Research opportunities

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Fantasy games

Internet games-- Social aspects

Shared virtual environments

Bainbridge, William Sims

20110914110642.0

[Book]

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