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William Sims Bainbridge, author of and editor of Nardi skillfully covers all of the hot button issues that come to mind when people think of video games like such as game addiction, sexism, and violence.What gives this book its value are its unexpected gems of rare and beautifully detailed research on less sensationalized topics of interest such as the player community in China, game modding, the increasingly blurred line between play and work, and the rich and fascinating lives of players and player cultures. Nardi brings down to earth for non-players and ties it to social and cultural theory for scholars.the best ethnography of a single virtual world produced so far.