The State of Play Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds

The State of Play is an extremely comprehensive look into digital worlds and how those worlds are evolving cultures, changing lives, reshaping the way we think and communicate. If you want to understand where modern culture is headed and learn more about incredibly fascinating experiences taking place in virtual worlds, pick up and read this book now. - Richard Garriott,a.k.a. Lord British, Creator of Ultima Online and Executive Producer, NCsoft These essays, by the best thinkers in their fields, will be read, debated, taught, and cited in court cases as we struggle to figure out how to live in a world which is part digital and part social, part real and part imaginary. - Henry Jenkins,author of onvergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide This is a spectacular collection of essays on the present and future of virtual worlds. It's a perfect introduction for those who have yet to experience them, and more important, a thoughtful companion for those who do. - Jonathan Zittrain,Oxford University Is useful and interesting for students of surveillance. (Surveillance & Society) With diverse essays from game designers, social scientists and legal scholars, The State of Play is a provocative consideration of virtual jurisprudence. (Paste Magazine)