Terra Nova (blog)

Terra Nova
Screenshot of Terra Nova as of July 25, 2008
Type of site	Collaborative blog
Created by	Edward Castronova, Julian Dibbell, Dan Hunter, and Greg Lastowka
Website	http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/
Commercial	No
Registration	None
Launched	2003
Current status	Online

Terra Nova is a collaborative blog for academics and professionals in game studies. It focuses primarily on the study of virtual worlds.

Started in 2003 by Edward Castronova, Julian Dibbell, Dan Hunter, and Greg Lastowka, Terra Nova initially focused heavily on research and questions surrounding real money trading (RMT) in online virtual worlds.^[1]^[2] Coverage has expanded to include impacts of gaming on culture, architecture and law.^[3]

Terra Nova is cited in the traditional media on issues of gaming in virtual worlds, most notably issues regarding Second Life and World of Warcraft.^[4]^[5]^[6] Various issues have been discussed, from the virtual economy of Star Wars Galaxies^[7] to the impact of learning in MMOs.^[8]

References

↑ "About TN". Terra Nova. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ Abate, Tom (2005-08-22). "Role games as economic tool? It may happen". The San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ Larkin, Thomasina (2007-10-31). "Whole worlds inside the screen". Blog Watch. The Japan Times. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ Thompson, Clive (2007-06-19). "Voice Chat Can Really Kill the Mood on WoW". Games without Frontiers. Wired. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ Hof, Rob (2007-04-20). "My Second Life". The Tech Beat. Business Week. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ Terdiman, Daniel (2005-10-18). "Warcrafters take Graveyard Games virtual". News Blog. CNet. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ Terdiman, Daniel (2004-05-08). "Fun in Following the Money". Gaming. Wired. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ Rossignol, Jim (2006-09-26). "Column: 'Blogged Out: Decade Of Graphics'". Industry News. Gamasutra. Retrieved 2008-07-25.

External links

MUDs

Major branches	AberMUD DikuMUD LPMud LPC MU*

Minor branches, codebases, libraries	DGD GodWars Merc MOO Mudlibs MudOS MUSH Talker TinyMUD TinyMUCK

Concepts, terminology	Alternate character Avatar Avatar customization Bartle taxonomy of player types Buff Camping Computer game bot Consider Cybersex God Gold farming Gold sink Griefer Grinding Hack and slash Immortal Implementer Kill stealing Lag Looting Mob / Monster MUD client Comparison MUD trees Mudflation Nerf Online creation Online wedding Persistent world Player character Player versus environment Player versus player / Playerkilling Powerleveling Quest Remort Rent Spam Spawning spod Social verbs Syntax guessing Tank Twinking Virtual good Wizard Zone / Area

Publications	Designing Virtual Worlds Imaginary Realities Life on the Screen "A Rape in Cyberspace" "A Story About a Tree" Terra Nova A Theory of Fun for Game Design

Companies, organizations	Areae Iron Realms Entertainment Jagex Lysator Kesmai The Mud Connector Mythic Entertainment Plaintext Players Simutronics Skotos XYZZY Award

People	Alan Cox Amy S. Bruckman Andrew Gower Ben Laurie Brad McQuaid Brian Green Bruce Woodcock Cat Rambo Chip Morningstar Christopher Howard Wolf Dr. Cat Edward Castronova Elonka Dunin Espen J. Aarseth Greg Stein J. Todd Coleman James Aspnes Jason Scott Sadofsky John Viega Joi Ito Judy Malloy Julian Dibbell Kelton Flinn Lars Pensjö Lennart Augustsson Lisbeth Klastrup Mark Jacobs Matt Mihaly Michael Lawrie Michael Seifert Mizuko Ito Nick Yee Noah Wardrip-Fruin Paul Barnett Pavel Curtis Randy Farmer Rich Skrenta Richard Bartle Sherry Turkle Stephanie Shaver Steve Yegge T. L. Taylor Wes Platt

MUDs	3Kingdoms Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands Alter Aeon AmberMUSH Ancient Anguish Armageddon ATHEMOO Avalon: The Legend Lives AVATAR BatMUD BurningMUD Castle Marrach Costello Dark Age of Camelot Darkness Falls: The Crusade DartMUD Discworld MUD Diversity University Dragon's Gate DragonRealms DragonSpires Dune II Elendor Empire EverQuest Federation II Furcadia FurryMUCK GemStone IV Genesis LPMud Genocide God Wars II Habitat Holy Mission ifMUD Infinity (AberMUD) Infinity (LPMud) Island of Kesmai JediMUD LambdaMOO LegendMUD Lost Souls MAD MOOSE Crossing MUD1 MUD2 Medievia Meridian 59 MicroMUSE MorgenGrauen Muddy Waters NannyMUD Nightmare LPMud Northern Lights Nuclear War MUD PernMUSH Ragnarök The Realm Online Realms of Despair The Ruins of Cawdor RuneScape The Shadow of Yserbius Shattered World Star Wars MUSH Threshold TinyTIM TorilMUD TriadCity TubMUD Ultima Online Wyvern Xyllomer

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