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Communication 480: Ethnography of role-playing games
"... A staple of nerd subculture for almost three decades, fantasy role-playing games have taken on new life in the era of networked computing. High-speed connections, sophisticated graphics and powerful microprocessors have paved the way for massively multiplayer on-line role-playing games (MMORPG’s) such as Everquest, Anarchy Online, and Asheron’s Call.
The popularity of these on-line environments is staggering. At this very moment, more than 90,000 players are interacting with one another in Norrath -- the fictional world of Everquest. According to one recent study, this virtual world is the 77th richest “nation” on the planet with a per-capita GNP that outstrips China and India (Castranova, 2002) ...
Read More: Navigating information networks - University of Washington
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