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100	1		_aMalaby, Thomas.
245	1	0	_aMaking Virtual Worlds : _bLinden Lab and Second Life.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aIthaca : _bCornell University Press, _c2009.
264		4	_c©2010.
300			_a1 online resource (179 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Developer's-Eye View -- 1. The Product: Second Life, Capital, and the Possibility of Failure in a Virtual World -- 2. Tools of the Gods -- 3. Knowing the Gamer from the Game -- 4. The Birth of the Cool -- 5. Precarious Authority -- Appendix A: The Tao of Linden -- Appendix B: The Mission of Linden Lab -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aMalaby shows how the workers of a very young but quickly growing company were themselves caught up in ideas about technology, games, and organizations, and struggled to manage not only their virtual world but also themselves in a nonhierarchical fashion.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aLinden Lab (Firm).
650		0	_aSecond Life (Game) -- Social aspects.
650		0	_aShared virtual environments -- Case studies.
650		0	_aComputer games -- Design -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
650		0	_aBusiness anthropology -- California -- San Francisco -- Case studies.
650		0	_aCorporate culture -- California -- San Francisco -- Case studies.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMalaby, Thomas _tMaking Virtual Worlds _dIthaca : Cornell University Press,c2009 _z9780801447464
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3137945 _zClick to View
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