Multiplayer Online Games (MOGs) have become a new genre of "play culture," integrating communication and entertainment in a playful, computer-mediated environment that evolves through user interaction. This book comprehensively investigates the technological origins, human factors, and social dynamics of MOGs, including online dating and online gaming; augmented games and virtual reality; serious games; eSports and game streaming; casual and mobile games; and the growth of indie games. MOGs represent a highly sophisticated, networked, multimedia and multimodal Internet technology, which can construct entertaining, simultaneous, persistent social virtual worlds for gamers.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Why Online Gaming Studies Now? What Are Multiplayer Online Games (MOG). Who Plays MOGs? Social Dynamics of MOGs. Methodologies for the Study of MOGs. New Phenomena, New Opportunities. Implications for Future Studies.
