ESSAY: MMOGs as 'Genuine Reality'

William James' thinking applied to the reality of World of Warcraft. What counts as ‘reality’ is the stuff which people care about. What counts as the real here is not the physical but the meaningful -- that is to say, the cultural... more»

STUDY: MMO Gaming as participation in complex discourse

You might quickly dismiss "afk g2g too ef ot regen no poms," but massively multiplayer online games exhibit complex discourse forms when considered as situated 'everyday talk'... more»