title: An Introduction to Game Studies: Games in Culture
author: Frans Mayra
description: Professor Frans Myr is a Professor of Games Studies and Digital Culture at the Hypermedia Laboratory in the University of Tampere, Finland.
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  Communities of Play
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Communities of Play
  
  
  **Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds**
  
  
  _Celia Pearce and Artemesia_
  
  
  forewords by
  
  
  Tom Boellstorff and Bonnie A. Nardi
  
  
  The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Pearce, Celia.  
  Communities of play : 