Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The Economic Meaning of Play: Ludology and Praxeology in Video Game Worlds
- 2 Spontaneous Order and Video Game Narrative
- 3 Law and Economics in a World of Dragons
- 4 Minerals, Titans, and Connections: The Political Economy of Empire in the World of EVE Online
- 5 The Origins of Money in Diablo II
- 6 A Virtual Weimar: Hyperinflation in Diablo III
- 7 The Facilitate or Acquire Decision: The Tipping Points for Strategies toward User-Generated Content in Massively Multiplayer Online Game Platforms
- 8 Mod the World: How Entrepreneurs Learn from Video Game “Modding” Communities
- 9 Levels without Bosses? Entrepreneurship and Valve's Organizational Design
- About the Contributors
- Index
About the Contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 July 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The Economic Meaning of Play: Ludology and Praxeology in Video Game Worlds
- 2 Spontaneous Order and Video Game Narrative
- 3 Law and Economics in a World of Dragons
- 4 Minerals, Titans, and Connections: The Political Economy of Empire in the World of EVE Online
- 5 The Origins of Money in Diablo II
- 6 A Virtual Weimar: Hyperinflation in Diablo III
- 7 The Facilitate or Acquire Decision: The Tipping Points for Strategies toward User-Generated Content in Massively Multiplayer Online Game Platforms
- 8 Mod the World: How Entrepreneurs Learn from Video Game “Modding” Communities
- 9 Levels without Bosses? Entrepreneurship and Valve's Organizational Design
- About the Contributors
- Index
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- The Invisible Hand in Virtual WorldsThe Economic Order of Video Games, pp. 241 - 243Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021