Exodus to the Virtual World How Online Fun Is Changing Reality

Name: Exodus to the Virtual World How Online Fun Is Changing Reality
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ISBN: 9780230607859

ISBN-10: 0230607853

ISBN-13: 9780230607859

Edition: 2008

Authors: Edward Castronova

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Virtual worlds have exploded out of online game culture and now capture the attention of millions of ordinary people: husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, workers, retirees. Devoting dozens of hours each week to massively multiplayer virtual reality environments (likeWorld of WarcraftandSecond Life), these millions are the start of an exodus into the refuge of fantasy, where they experience life under a new social, political, and economic order built aroundfun. Given the choice between a fantasy world and the real world, how many of us would choose reality?Exodus to the Virtual Worldexplains the growing migration into virtual reality, and how it will change the way we live--both in fantasy…

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List price: $20.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 11/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English




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A Policy Analytics Of Fun


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The Fun Society


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