(Paperback)

The odyssey of a group of refugees from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds.

(Paperback)

"Pearce explores a new theory of play, to help us get at the question: How do we know we are playing The book is broken into three parts: the first explores a variety of concepts derived from social theory, the second shows how we can apply these frames in practice, and the third part then focuses on a series of specific case studies and examples"--