When openness closes : the line between play and design
One of the informal properties often used to describe a new virtual world is its degree of openness. Yet what is an “open” virtual world? Does the phrase mean generally the same thing to different people? What distinguishes an open world from a less open world? Why does openness matter anyway? The a...
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ndltd-Potsdam-oai-kobv.de-opus-ubp-24532013-01-08T00:59:28Z When openness closes : the line between play and design Bartle, Richard The arts One of the informal properties often used to describe a new virtual world is its degree of openness. Yet what is an “open” virtual world? Does the phrase mean generally the same thing to different people? What distinguishes an open world from a less open world? Why does openness matter anyway? The answers to these questions cast light on an important, but shadowy, and uneasy, topic for virtual worlds: the relationship between those who construct the virtual, and those who use these constructions. Universität Potsdam Philosophische Fakultät. Institut für Künste und Medien 2008 InProceedings application/pdf urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-24536 http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/2453/ eng http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php |
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One of the informal properties often used to describe a new virtual world is its degree of openness. Yet what is an “open” virtual world? Does the phrase mean generally the same thing to different people? What distinguishes an open world from a less open world? Why does openness matter anyway? The answers to these questions cast light on an important, but shadowy, and uneasy, topic for virtual worlds: the relationship between those who construct the virtual, and those who use these constructions. |
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