Imho, a nice milestone for virtual world studies in academia. Here's the link.
Unfortunately, it's a subscription-only article, but if you have access or can find it on the IntarWeb, it's a nice write-up of Ted's career, the Ludium, and virtual world scholarship. TN is also mentioned: "On the blog Terra Nova, Mr. Castronova and his colleagues in academe and industry regularly sound off on many of the same issues debated at Ludium II. Mr. Castronova helped found the blog, in 2003, in order to build on the idea that virtual worlds can be more than mindless fun."
So, hey, let's all keep building on that idea: virtual worlds can be more than mindless fun! :-)
The chrinicle talked to Sarah and I about this article. Glad to see it made it to print.
Posted by: Mark Bell | Jul 03, 2007 at 10:00
Aw man. Whats wrong with mindless fun :)
(Nice work on the props btw)
Posted by: dmx | Jul 04, 2007 at 11:03
Link to article for those without a subscription:
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2194/joe-avatar-phd
Posted by: andrea | Jul 05, 2007 at 14:14