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Research Wiki of William Sims Bainbridge, Ph.D.

 

 

This screenshot from May 2008 shows a Blood Elf dancing with a Night Elf to celebrate the successful conclusion of a scientific conference held in World of Warcraft: Convergence of the Real and the Virtual

 

 

Back to WoW!

A revisit ethnographic study of World of Warcraft

  

Starting in January 2007, I have repeatedly entered this marvelous virtual world to carry out observational and even statistical research.  One major result was the 2010 book, The Warcraft Civilization, published by MIT Press:

 

http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/warcraft-civilization

 

Another was the first major scientific conference held in a gameworld:

 

Convergence of the Real and the Virtual

 

 

 

 

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