Virtual Worlds Today: Gaming and Online Sociality.

  • Gordon Calleja (Author)

Identifiers (Article)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/rel.2008.1.387

Identifiers (Files)

URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-rel-3870 (PDF)

Abstract

Gordon Calleja gives an historical overview about the history of Virtual Worlds. In his article “Virtual Worlds Today: Gaming and Online Sociality” he thus focuses on the problems that come with trying to define “virtual” and “Virtual Worlds” and gives an illustrative overview about various types of different so-called Virtual Worlds.

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Issue
Volume 03.1 Being Virtually Real? Virtual Worlds from a Cultural Studies’ Perspective, ed. by Kerstin Radde-Antweiler
Section
Article
Language
en
Academic discipline and sub-disciplines
Religion
Keywords
Virtual Worlds, Online Religion, MUD, Virtuality, World of Warcraft