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Communities of Play

Paperback • 2011 • English

Communities of Play

By Celia Pearce

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About the book

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. 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 desig...Show more

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9780262516730

Publisher

MIT Press

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

Communities of Play

Format

Paperback

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