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Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games New edition
Edward Castronova
Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games New edition
Edward Castronova
Edward Castronova offers a look at the online game industry and explores its implications for both business and culture. He begins by looking at the players and examines the economies inside the games worlds, before exploring the long-term social consequences of online games. Can the real world compete with a synthetic one?
344 pages, 1 line drawing, 4 tables
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 15, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780226096278 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 344 |
Dimensions | 230 × 157 × 17 mm · 510 g |
Language | English |
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