Below are the readings that I found beneficial. Where appropriate, I commented on why I decided to include a particular work on this list.
I found it helpful to begin the course with the readings:
Lastowka & Hunter, Virtual Worlds: A Primer, in Balkin & Noveck at p. 13-28 and
Castronova, Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of [...]
Interesting thoughts on avatars and anonymity from Bert-Jaap Koops, a Professor of Regulation & Technology at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society in the Netherlands: You and Your Avatar: Having Second Life Thoughts on Anonymity and Identity.
It’s interesting to pair Prof. Koops’s thoughts with Alter Ego: portraits of gamers and their avatars:
Cooper doesn’t [...]
Digital Money Blog gets clever in Rewarded at last:
I remember (in paraphrase) Andrew Hilton of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation remarking that virtual worlds seem to come with capitalism built in. As with most of his rather wise asides at the various CSFI roundtables I have been invited to, I don’t really [...]
http://www.funtechtalk.com/world-of-warcraft-player-claims-a-bounty-on-his-head-in-and-out-of-game/
World Of Warcraft Player Claims A Bounty On His Head In And Out Of Video Game
Posted in PC Games by Klink on the April 30th, 2007
Mexico City, Mexico-(MH)-Mexican World of Warcraft player Bronco Carson reported to local police on Saturday that 3 men broke into his home and beat his arms with clubs and smashed [...]
