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The Proteus Paradox: How Online Games and Virtual Worlds Change Us―And How …
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YEE, Nick

Proteus, the mythical sea god who could alter his appearance at will, embodies one of the promises of online games: the ability to reinvent oneself. Yet inhabitants of virtual worlds rarely achieve this liberty, game researcher Nick Yee contends. Though online games evoke freedom and escapism, Yee shows that virtual spaces perpetuate social norms and stereotypes from the offline world, transfor…

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ISBN/ISSN
9780300190991
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29 cm. + 248 p.
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820 YEE p