Items in the Collection
This is a short list of items in the UML collection pertaining to virtual social worlds.
- Virtual social networks : mediated, massive and multiplayer sites - Panteli, Niki
Call Number: HM 742 V575 2009ISBN: 023022928XElizabeth Dafoe Library, 2nd Floor - Exploring virtuality within and beyond organizations : social, global, and local dimension - Panteli, Niki.
Call Number: HD 30.2122 E97 2008ISBN: 0230201288Management Library - Virtual communities : bowling alone, online together. - Song, Felicia Wu.
Call Number: HM 742 S66 2009ISBN: 9781433103957Elizabeth Dafoe Library - Coming of age in second life : an anthropologist explores the virtually human - Boellstorff, Tom, 1969-
Call Number: GN 307.65 B64 2008ISBN: 0691135282Elizabeth Dafoe Library
Web Links
A list of popular virtual social worlds:
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Machinima - Video Art in Virtual Worlds
Machinima (pronounced /məˈʃiːnɨmə/ or /məˈʃɪnɨmə/) is the use of real-time 3D graphics rendering engines to generate computer animation. The term also refers to video works that incorporate this animation technique.The following example is based on an interactive sculpture created in Second Life to honour Helen Keller Day.
Subcultures of Second Life
Over the years, SL has developed a lively set of subcultures. Here are just a few of them:
- Bloodlines (Vampires)Bloodlines is a vampire game based in Second Life, where users keep track of their conquests and rival houses vie for power.
- Furries A furry or "anthro" (short for anthropomorphism) is an avatar that has both human and animal qualities.
- GoreansApproximately 20,000 SL citizens who role-play within virtual recreations of worlds based on the Gor series of science-fiction novels written by John Norman.
- Steampunk Centred on the 44 islands (called "sims") of the prosperous and successful Victorian-era Independent State of Caledon, plus outlying colonies.
Massively.com RSS Feed
Massively.com is a blog which covers the world of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG for short), a category which includes goal-oriented game virtual worlds as well a virtual social worlds.
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The Guild (Podcast Feed)
The Guild is an award-winningonline sitcom about the lives of an World-of-Warcraft-style online guild "The Knights of Good", with each"webisode" being only 3–8 minutes long. The first episode was posted July 27, 2007. It is broadcast on The Guild's official website, and on iTunes as a podcast.
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