# Communities of Play

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- Book: [Communities of Play](https://www.bookquiver.com/celia-pearce/communities-of-play) ([Communities of Play.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/celia-pearce/communities-of-play.md))
- Authors: [Celia Pearce](https://www.bookquiver.com/celia-pearce), [Tom Boellstorff](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-boellstorff), [Bonnie A. Nardi](https://www.bookquiver.com/bonnie-a-nardi)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6251-673-0
- Pages: 344
- Published: 2011-09-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The odyssey of a group of “refugees” from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds. Play communities existed long before massively multiplayer...