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Title Making virtual worlds : Linden Lab and Second Life / Thomas M. Malaby.
Author Malaby, Thomas M., 1967-
Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  794.8 MAL    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  794.8 MAL    Check Shelves
Description x, 165 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : a developer's-eye view -- The product : Second Life, capital, and the possibility of failure in a virtual world -- Tools of the gods -- Knowing the gamer from the game -- The birth of the cool -- Precarious authority.
Subject Linden Lab (Firm)
Second Life (Game) -- Social aspects.
Shared virtual environments -- Case studies.
Computer games -- Design -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
Business anthropology -- California -- San Francisco -- Case studies.
Corporate culture -- California -- San Francisco -- Case studies.
ISBN 0801447461 : $24.95
9780801447464 : $24.95