In spite of decades of research on virtual worlds, our understanding of one popular form of virtual world behavior— raiding—remains limited. Raiding is important because it en...
Massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) can be fascinating laboratories to observe group dynamics online. In particular, players must form persistent associations or "guil...
Nicolas Ducheneaut, Nicholas Yee, Eric Nickell, Ro...
A key challenge of data-driven social science is the gathering of high quality multi-dimensional datasets. A second challenge relates to design and execution of structured experim...
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Massively Multiplayer Online Games continue to grow and attract more users. The social aspect of MMOs differentiates them from single person games, increase user loyalty and often...