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Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun Is Changing Reality
Virtual worlds have exploded out of online game culture and now capture the attention of millions of ordinary people: husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, workers, retirees. Devoting dozens of hours each week to massively multiplayer virtual reality environments (like World of Warcraft and Second Life), these millions are the start of an exodus into the refuge of fantasy, wh...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
November 11th 2008
by Palgrave Macmillan
(first published November 27th 2007)
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This is where I am coming from as a reader/reviewer/digital artist/computer programmer:
Life is neither a game nor an app; it is a blessing in all its natural beauty, and no technology, however advanced and convincing, will ever completely replicate life and all its incredible aspects which collectively transcend physical forms.
My review now follows:
The book is aptly titled, if not ironic: the Biblical Exodus was an overcoming of and a departure from sla...more
Life is neither a game nor an app; it is a blessing in all its natural beauty, and no technology, however advanced and convincing, will ever completely replicate life and all its incredible aspects which collectively transcend physical forms.
My review now follows:
The book is aptly titled, if not ironic: the Biblical Exodus was an overcoming of and a departure from sla...more
This is a thought provoking book with an excellent tour of what goes on in the game design world. But let your own thoughts occur without being led by those of the author. In that way the read will be productive.
The title is an accurate prediction but not a good indication of the content. I think increasing numbers will get involved in virtual reality for the fun and psychological rewards it brings, but they will do it for escape to a kind of pure and controlled environment, somethin...more
The title is an accurate prediction but not a good indication of the content. I think increasing numbers will get involved in virtual reality for the fun and psychological rewards it brings, but they will do it for escape to a kind of pure and controlled environment, somethin...more
Stupid and worthless
Nothing earth shattering in here, but the book presents an interesting economic lens on the possible future of virtual worlds. It is a very fast read, and it made me feel less insane for thinking about how play and fun could be worked into public policy.
I really had no problem with this book by itself - it was just essentially a stripped-down version of Castronova's earlier, brilliant Synthetic Worlds. Just read that one instead.
Very good insight into the economics and psychology of online gaming. Very engaging.
This might actually be the worst book ever written.
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