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In the world of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), Faunasphere was but a blip on the screen in its short public life from 2009 to 2011. Its devoted players, many of them middle-aged women, entered a world that did not build on common fantasy or science-fiction tropes. There was no evil to defeat or realms to conquer, only friendly animals to care for and pollution to fight.

In Players and Their Pets, Mia Consalvo and Jason Begy argue that its very difference makes it critically important--even more so than the large, commercially successful games such as...

It is common to believe that a soul has a future after death. But what of a past

before birth? A past filled with great mysteries, soulmates, and the elements of

what makes a person truly alive.

As souls, Jovan, Bethany, and Queen Amana begin such a journey on the

beautiful world of Gardenia; forming bonds crucial to their destinies. Little do

they know of what the universe holds beyond their home world. The vile

tyrant of the universe, Khrimson and his legions of asudem seek to change that

while unleashing spiritual warfare on a...

• Presents a wide range of original essays by established scholars in everything from online ethics to ways in which indigenous peoples now use the Internet
• Looks at the role of the internet in modern societies, and the continuing development of internet studies as an academic field
• Explores Internet studies through...

The widely varying experiences of players of digital games challenge the notions that there is only one correct way to play a game. Some players routinely use cheat codes, consult strategy guides, or buy and sell in-game accounts, while others consider any or all of these practices off limits. Meanwhile, the game industry works to constrain certain readings or activities and promote certain ways of playing. In Cheating, Mia Consalvo investigates how players choose to play games, and what happens when they can't always play the way they'd like. She explores a broad range of player...

Sports themed videogames represent a major subset of the general videogame market. Despite being a consistently produced and played genre of videogames, almost no research has been conducted that looks at sports themed videogames or those who love to play them. Sports Videogames hopes to fill this gap by starting a scholarly dialogue about sports videogames and those who play them. Organized into three sections--the art of the game, mediating play, and players--Sports Videogames offers rich case studies, theorization of play activities, and carefully considered analyses of players,...