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The massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft has become one of the most popular computer games of the past decade, introducing millions around the world to community-based play. Within the boundaries set by its design, the game encourages players to appropriate and shape the...

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Main Author: Glas, René
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2021
Subjects:
educatie
motion pictures
film
education
Blizzard Entertainment
Fictional universe
Machinima
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Twink (gay slang)
Twinking
Virtual world
Warcraft
World of Warcraft
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
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Summary:The massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft has become one of the most popular computer games of the past decade, introducing millions around the world to community-based play. Within the boundaries set by its design, the game encourages players to appropriate and shape the game to their own wishes, resulting in highly diverse forms of play and participation. This illuminating study frames World of Warcraft as a complex socio-cultural phenomenon defined by and evolving as a result of the negotiations between groups of players as well as the game’s owners, throwing new light on complex consumer-producer relationships in the increasingly participatory but still tightly controlled media of online games.

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