Massively multiplayer online role-playing games call into question the notion of "citizenry." It's as if paying taxes was all it took to belong to a country - but what rights does paying taxes get you? What does citizenry mean in online multiplayer worlds? What are the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in these virtual spaces?
more...Let's also think about, as part of social order/social behavior, the potential of games to educate - historically, politically, socially, etc.
more...(10.21.02) Some thoughts on how to approach this project (we talked about this a little last night; here's my recollection of that conversation.)
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