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My avatar, my self : identity in video role-playing games / Zach Waggoner.

Title
My avatar, my self : identity in video role-playing games / Zach Waggoner.
Author
Waggoner, Zach, 1973.
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2009.

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Description
v, 201 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Summary
"This book examines the relationships between virtual and non-virtual identity in visual role-playing games. It shows dynamic, varying and complex relationships between the virtual avatar and the player's sense of self and makes recommendations of terminology for future identity researchers. Features 15 photographs of videogame screens, and an appendix of sample videogame transcription data"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Avatars (Virtual reality)
  • Video games
  • Virtual reality
  • Online identities
  • Shared virtual environments
  • Human-computer interaction
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9780786441099 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 0786441097 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009009931
OCLC
  • 316098998
  • SCSB-10740488
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Harvard Library