The Proteus Paradox

Author: Nick Yee
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0300190999

The Proteus Paradox: How Online Games and Virtual Worlds Change Us-And How They Don't

Proteus, the mythical sea god who could alter his appearance at will, embodies one of the promises of online games: the ability to reinvent oneself. Get The Proteus Paradox diet books 2013 for free.
Yet inhabitants of virtual worlds rarely achieve this liberty, game researcher Nick Yee contends. Though online games evokeAfreedom and escapism, Yee shows that virtual spaces perpetuate social norms and stereotypes from the offline world, transform play into labor, and inspire racial scapegoating and superstitious thinking. And the change that does occur is often out of our control and effected by unparalleled-but rarely recognized-tools for controlling what players think and how they behave. A Using player surveys, psychological experiments, and in-game data, Yee breaks down misconcep Check The Proteus Paradox our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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