FPLAY
2008
13 years 9 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 11 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 11 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 7 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...