Λεκτικό - Οπτικό - Δυνητικό: Η ιστορία των MUD

  • McMahan, Alison
Publication date
July 1999
Publisher
School of English Language and Literature - A.U.Th.

Abstract

According to Manuel Castels we have recently entered the era of Global Networks, in which Culture refers to Culture and Nature is left out of the equation. This paper argues that MUDs (a term used generically to include also MOOs, MUSHes, MUCΚs etc.) are one of the symptoms of this new era, as well as an ideal microterrain for its study. MUDs are communities on line, containing bots (agents and programmed personalities) and avatars (constructed digital personalities that mask other players) and they are laid out along spatial principles, making the "map" of the world a crucial part of its structure. MUDs can be text-based, 2-D or 3-D virtual environments. This paper focuses on text-based MUDs and begins by tracing their history, from the in...

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