[Air-L] Virtual Worlds and MMOGS

[Radhika Gajjala]

Vili's Phd thesis looks very interesting  - thanks for sharing the link.

r

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Nicolas Suzor <nic at suzor.com> wrote:

> In addition to those, I'd strongly recommend
>
> Greg Lastowka, Virtual Justice (2010, YUP)
>
> and, on the economics side, Vili Lehdonvirta's 2009 PhD thesis,
> "Virtual Consumption": http://info.tse.fi/julkaisut/vk/Ae11_2009.pdf
>
>
> Nic
>
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Mark Chen <markchen at u.washington.edu>
> wrote:
> > I highly recommend
> >
> > TL Taylor's Play Between Worlds for account of EverQuest culture, both on
> > and offline
> > Julian Dibbell's Play Money, for account of money making in MMOGs
> >
> > mark
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Andrew Herman <aherman at wlu.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Friends-
> >>
> >> If you were to suggest two or three canonical/essential readings on
> >> persistent virtual worlds, especially of the MMOG variety, what would
> you
> >> suggest. Also, aside from Castranova and Malaby, who would you suggest
> for
> >> economics of virtual worlds.
> >>
> >> AH
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Andrew Herman, Ph. D.
> >> Associate Professor and Chairperson
> >> Department of Communication Studies
> >> Graduate Program in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory
> >> Wilfrid Laurier University
> >> Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5
> >> CANADA
> >> 519 884-1970 x3693
> >>
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> > Post-Doctoral Scholar | Games Ethnographer
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