So here is the background for my upcoming foray at SoP where surveillance studies meets game studies. I have been meaning to get back to this paper for ages and here is my chance. I’ve put the thing up on my SSRN page here. Its the beginning of my attempts to give a more materialist reading of identity as it pertains to avatar interactions in MMOGs and virtual worlds.
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