• DocumentCode
    1277489
  • Title

    Expressing My Inner Gnome: Appearance and Behavior in Virtual Worlds

  • Author

    Lam, Shyong Tony K ; Riedl, John

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    7/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Lastpage
    105
  • Abstract
    Role-playing gamers take on the behavior they think appropriate for the "body" they inhabit in a virtual environment.
  • Keywords
    computer games; inner gnome; role-playing gamers; virtual environment; virtual worlds; Avatars; Behavioral science; Games; Second Life; Virtual environments; MMORPGs; Online behavior; Social computing; Virtual worlds; massively multiplayer online role-playing games;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2011.211
  • Filename
    5958715
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1277489