Animal Crossing: New Horizons provides a place for friends to get together during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Judith William's MMOG Musing returns bringing with it MMORPG news, reviews, and discussions.

Judith Williams explores the meaning of friendships in virtual worlds.

After a semester in the field, Professor Williams discusses the journey through Tyria with her students as they collected ethnographic data.

An exploration of meaning-making in MMORPGs and video games. What makes a virtual world a real world?

A reflection on student research and interviewing players in Guild Wars 2.

An ethnographer's accounts how his days in the virtual field of Guild Wars 2 grow thin and weary.

This anthropology student discusses the difficulty of being brand new to MMOs and Guild Wars 2.

This anthropology student discusses how playing with friends creates a whole new experience in MMOs.

One anthropology student discovers the shame of losing in battle when he walk away with no pants in Guild Wars 2.

Anthropology student muses on the connection between the virtual self and the real self.

One anthropology student ponders the loneliness of playing with many.

When starting to play through Guild Wars 2 (GW2), I was excited to be thrust into a world of monsters, magic, and quests. Yet, this...

One anthropology student discovers that the people of Tyria are not only patient but helpful as he tries to take on a world boss.

Anthropology 29003 Student, MoistDan, reflects on his time in Guild Wars 2.

An Anthropology 29003 student enjoys the Festival of the Mad King for the first time.

Game design students play ancient games to better understand the connection between gaming and culture.

Koster, Raph (2017). Postmortems: Selected essays: Volume one. San Diego, CA: Altered Tuning Press. Raph Koster’s Postmortems: Selected...

Epic NPC Man often pops up in my Facebook news feed. Today’s topic: “That NPC with only one line.” What I love about these videos is that...

Guild Wars 2, like many online games, is structured around the players. Everything the players do and say in-game, creates the world...