Play Redux The Form of Computer Games / by Myers, David, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Bad play -- Anti-ness -- Formalism redux -- Interface and code -- The computer game anti-aesthetic -- Anti-narrative -- The backstory -- Civilization -- Social play -- City of Heroes -- Play and punishment -- Final comments.…”
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My Life as a Night Elf Priest An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft / by Nardi, Bonnie A.

Table of Contents: “…-- An ethnographic invetigation of World of warcraft -- Play as aesthetic experience -- A new medium -- Work, play, and the magic circle -- Addiction -- Theorycraft and mods -- Gender -- Culture : WoW in China-and North America.…”
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