Game Worlds Get Real: How Who We Are Online Became Who We Are Offline

This book explores how after 20 years of existence, virtual world games have evolved: the social landscapes within digital worlds have become rigid and commodified, and "play" and "fun" have become rational and mechanical products. * Explains how social rigidity in digital communities often robs these spaces of experimentation and identity play * Suggests that new technologies such as virtual reality are unlikely to revolutionize the media or cause dramatic social change

• | Author: Zek Valkyrie
• | Publisher: Praeger
• | Publication Date: Jul 31, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Art
• | ISBN-10: 144085128X
• | ISBN-13: 9781440851285