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020			_a9781108839716
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245			_aThe invisible hand in virtual worlds
260			_bCambridge University Press _aNew York _c2021
300			_a256 p.
365			_aINR _b1095.00
504			_aTable of Contents Introduction Matthew McCaffrey 1. The Economic Meaning of Play: Ludology and Praxeology in Video Game Worlds Matthew McCaffrey 2. Spontaneous Order and Video Game Narrative Zachary Gochenour 3. Law and Economics in a World of Dragons Robert S. Cavender 4. Minerals, Titans, and Connections: The Political Economy of Empire in the World of 'EVE Online' Stephen Davies 5. The Origins of Money in 'Diablo II' Solomon M. Stein 6. A Virtual Weimar: Hyperinflation in 'Diablo III' Peter C. Earle 7. The Facilitate or Acquire Decision: The Tipping Points for Strategies Towards User-Generated Content in Massive Multiplayer Online Game Platforms Robert Conan Ryan 8. Mod the World: How Entrepreneurs Learn from Video Game 'Modding' Communities William Gordon Miller 9. Levels without Bosses? Entrepreneurship and Valve's Organizational Design Ulrich Möller and Matthew McCaffrey.
520			_aVideo games aren't merely casual entertainment: they are the heart of one of the fastest-growing media industries in the world, and a cultural phenomenon in their own right. Gaming has evolved from a niche pastime into a global business that rivals film and television, creating, in the process, new art forms and social arenas and have become the subject of endless public debate. This book shows that games also provide a unique space in which to study economic behavior. Games, more than any other form of media, demonstrate the power and creative potential of human choice - an idea that's also the foundation of economic thinking. Whether it's developing trade relations, or the use of money, or even complex legal institutions, virtual worlds provide a captivating and entertaining arena for studying economic behavior in its most dynamic forms. The overarching theme of the volume is the economic order that governs virtual worlds, and the many ways individuals work together, often without knowing it, to govern their social relations in digital space.
650			_aVideo games--Social aspects _97216
650			_aVideo games--Economic aspects _97217
650			_aVideo games industry _97218
700			_aMcCaffrey, Matthew _97219
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