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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: R.V. Kelly 2Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780786419159ISBN 10: 0786419156 Pages: 207 Publication Date: 06 September 2004 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction: The Appeal of the Unreal 1. Out of the MUD: The Evolution of Synthetic Worlds The Deep Past D&D and MUDs 2. MMORPG Culture A Quick Primer Failsafe Quests: Frodo, Take This Ring to Mordor Guilds: The Three Thousand Musketeers Game Economies: Greed as a Creed Killer Be Killed 3. The Psychology of MMORPG Players 4. Attraction and Addiction 5. Sampling the Games 6. The Private World of MMORPGs Spawned Enterprises: Go Forth and Multiply Macros and Bots and Scripts, Oh My Slang: Who You Callin’ a Twinked Noob 7. Making a MMORPG Game Design Art Animation Programming Databases and Servers Story, Sound, and Music Final Touches 8. The Future of MMORPGs Appendix Bibliography IndexReviewsvaluable...a solid introduction to the on-goings of the MMORPG world --<i>Against the Grain.</i> Author InformationR.V. Kelly 2 is the former head of Virtual Reality, Artificial Life, and Distance Learning Application Development at Digital Equipment Corporation and has been building synthetic worlds (for immersive biology, language development, and knowledge engineering) for 20 years. He currently works for Hong Kong Academy building worlds for the teaching of Chinese. He lives in Medfield, Massachusetts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |