The Invisible Hand in Virtual Worlds

The Economic Order of Video Games
Herausgeber: McCaffrey, Matthew

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Studies the economic order that governs virtual worlds and ways individuals work together to govern social relations in the digital space.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 162mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781108839716
• ISBN-10: 1108839711
• Artikelnr.: 60063684

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Matthew McCaffrey; 1. The Economic Meaning of Play: Ludology
and Praxeology in Video Game Worlds Matthew McCaffrey; 2. Spontaneous Order
and Video Game Narrative Zachary Gochenour; 3. Law and Economics in a World
of Dragons Robert S. Cavender; 4. Minerals, Titans, and Connections: The
Political Economy of Empire in the World of 'EVE Online' Stephen Davies; 5.
The Origins of Money in 'Diablo II' Solomon M. Stein; 6. A Virtual Weimar:
Hyperinflation in 'Diablo III' Peter C. Earle; 7. The Facilitate or Acquire
Decision: The Tipping Points for Strategies Towards User-Generated Content
in Massive Multiplayer Online Game Platforms Robert Conan Ryan; 8. Mod the
World: How Entrepreneurs Learn from Video Game 'Modding' Communities
William Gordon Miller; 9. Levels without Bosses? Entrepreneurship and
Valve's Organizational Design Ulrich Möller and Matthew McCaffrey.