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Making virtual worlds : Linden Lab and Second Life / Thomas M. Malaby.

Author: Malaby, Thomas M., 1967-

Imprint:Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.

Descriptionx, 165 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note: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 -- Appendix A. The Tao of Linden -- Appendix B. The mission of Linden Lab.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-157) and index.



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