Exodus in the Virtual World by Edward Castronova

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Exodus in the Virtual World by Edward Castronova

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Exodus in the Virtual World by Edward Castronova

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 (like World of Warcraft and Second 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 around fun. Given the choice between a fantasy world and the real world, how many of us would choose reality? Exodus to the Virtual World explains the growing migration into virtual reality, and how it will change the way we live--both in fantasy worlds and in the real one.

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Castronova, Edward: - Edward Castronova is Professor of Media at Indiana University, USA. He is the author of Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games (2006), Exodus to the Virtual World (2008) and Wildcat Currency: The Virtual Transformation of the Economy (2014). He specializes Games, Technology, and Society, and has served in the past as Director of the BS degree program in Game Design, and Chair of the Department of Media Arts and Production.
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ISBN 13 9781403984128
ISBN 10 1403984123
Title Exodus in the Virtual World
Author Edward Castronova
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Palgrave USA
Year published 2007-11-27
Number of pages 235
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