Jumping Into Virtual Worlds (A Guide)

If you’re fairly tech savvy or have spent some time in virtual worlds, this post may not be for you. If on the other hand, you have an interest in getting your feet wet in the virtual waters, but your current use of online technology is limited primarily to email and surfing the web, [...]

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Academic Interest in Virtual Worlds and Games

There has been considerable interest in recent years in the study of virtual worlds and computer/video games. This interest can be broken down roughly into the following four areas:

Pure research
Knowledge and skills acquired while gaming
Games as educational models
Virtual [...]

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Which Virtual World to Choose?

If you’re If you’re interested in taking the leap and exploring a virtual world or two where do you start? Your first decision is to determine whether you want to visit one of the open-ended non-gaming virtual worlds or one of the theme based MMORPGs (massive multi-player online role playing games).
Free-Form Worlds
The first [...]

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