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100	1		_aPearce, Celia.
245	1	0	_aCommunities of Play : _bEmergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bMIT Press, _c2009.
264		4	_c©2009.
300			_a1 online resource (342 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe MIT Press Series
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Methods of Culture -- Play, Community, and History -- Acknowledgments -- I Play, Community, and Emergent Cultures -- 1 Communities of Play and the Global Playground -- 2 Virtual Worlds, Play Ecosystems, and the Ludisphere -- 3 Emergence in Cultures, Games, and Virtual Worlds -- 4 Reading, Writing, and Playing Cultures -- II The Uru Diaspora -- 5 An Imaginary Homeland -- 6 Identity as Place -- 7 The Inner Lives of Avatars -- 8 Communities and Cultures of Play -- 9 Patterns of Emergence -- 10 Productive Play -- 11 Porous Magic Circles and the Ludisphere -- 12 Emergence as Design Material -- III Playing Ethnography -- 13 Methodology -- IV The Social Construction of the Ethnographer -- 14 Being Artemesia -- V Beyond Uru -- 15 Coda: Uru Resurrection -- 16 Crafting Cultures -- 17 Global Playgrounds and the "Play Turn" In Culture -- Games and Virtual Worlds Cited -- References -- Index.
520			_aThe odyssey of a group of "refugees" from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds.
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	_aVideo games-Social aspects.
650		0	_aFantasy games-Social aspects.
650		0	_aRole playing-Social aspects.
650		0	_aShared virtual environments-Social aspects.
650		0	_aCommunities.
650		0	_aCommunity life.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aBoellstorff, Tom.
700	1		_aNardi, Bonnie A.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aPearce, Celia _tCommunities of Play _dCambridge : MIT Press,c2009 _z9780262162579
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		4	_aThe MIT Press Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3339058 _zClick to View
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