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08-01-2006, 09:06 PM
The virtual world is infused with the real world more and more every day. Will this blurring of worlds become happily-ever-after or a recipe for disaster? This week The Escapist looks at what happens when the virtual world seeps into the real world and vice versa in issue 56: “Get Off My Cloud” (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/56).
Pat Miller returns to examine the portrayal of race in videogames and how this representation dictates our racial common sense in “You Got Your Race in My Videogame.” (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/56/3) In “There Goes the Neighborhood” (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/56/9) Laura Genender looks at how in-game success has become a matter of survival of the richest. Whitney Butts shares the story of how she sacrifices her escapism so that others can enjoy theirs in “My Second Job.” (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/56/13) In “iMob” (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/56/16) Matthew Hector discusses what happens when incidents started online spiral into real world revenge. And Dean Takahashi shows how the online world of Xbox Live, not unlike the real world, is far from perfect in “Live Disruption.” (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/56/19)
Pat Miller returns to examine the portrayal of race in videogames and how this representation dictates our racial common sense in “You Got Your Race in My Videogame.” (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/56/3) In “There Goes the Neighborhood” (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/56/9) Laura Genender looks at how in-game success has become a matter of survival of the richest. Whitney Butts shares the story of how she sacrifices her escapism so that others can enjoy theirs in “My Second Job.” (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/56/13) In “iMob” (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/56/16) Matthew Hector discusses what happens when incidents started online spiral into real world revenge. And Dean Takahashi shows how the online world of Xbox Live, not unlike the real world, is far from perfect in “Live Disruption.” (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/56/19)