FPLAY
2008
13 years 6 months ago
2008
This paper describes World of Warcraft as a ludic cyborg -- an entity that exists for play and depends on both artificial and organic components to survive. We argue that the popu...
ACMACE
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
2007
ACM
Research has argued that social interaction is a primary driving force for gamers to continue to play Massive Multiple Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs). However, one recent stu...
CSCW
1998
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
1998
ACM
This paper explores and evaluates the support for objectfocused collaboration provided by a desktop Collaborative Virtual Environment. The system was used to support an experiment...
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2005
ACM
People in close relationships, who are separated by distance, often have difficulty expressing intimacy adequately. Based on the results of an ethnographic study with couples, a p...