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By mez breeze, 6 May, 2014

QUAKE-ING IN MY BOOTS: <EXAMINING> >CLAN:COMMUNITY< CONSTRUCTION IN AN ONLINE GAMER POPULATION

Author
Mez Breeze
Publication Type
Article in a print journal
Language
English
Year
Publisher
Cybersociology
URL
QUAKE-ING IN MY BOOTS: <EXAMINING> >CLAN:COMMUNITY< CONSTRUCTION IN AN ONLINE…
Record Status
Not yet reviewed
Tags
gamers
games
multiplayer
Quake
Clan
Wollongong
LAN
video game
Abstract (in English)

This essay takes us into the bloody world of Quake, an online multi-player game, where we discover a thriving virtual community. Breeze also investigates what happens when members of this virtual community go offline in Wollongong, Australia.

Pull Quotes

The sense of shared purpose and behaviour exhibited by online Quake gamers indicate that this is one type of virtual community that has strong binding ties, which have developed through the evolution of the game from a single player template to a multiplayer environment.

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