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• 06 Nov 09
  

  ellenforsyth

  games research collaboration conferences worldofwarcraft

• 14 Feb 09
  

  Megan Winget

  gaming culture collaboration

• 25 Jul 08
  

  Chris Duke

  Thus began the first scientific conference held in Azeroth, the online universe inhabited by millions of people playing World of Warcraft. Anyone who has been part of a conference's organizing committee knows that some glitches and mishaps are just unavoidable. And as usual, the problems that actually did occur were unforeseen. It was a success nonetheless. By the end of the third day, a real scientific exchange took place, I married one of the conference participants, and within an hour of the wedding, we were all dead.

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• 27 Jun 08
  

  crisbotta

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• 26 Jun 08
  

  Laurent Suply

  le MMORPG dans la plus prestigieuse publication scientifique

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• 25 Jun 08
  

  Brett Boessen

  This is the follow up article from the conference in World of Warcraft back in May 2008.

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  glen gatin

  mmorpg research academic

• 23 Jun 08
  

  Jill ONeill

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  Richard Akerman
  • Thus began the first scientific conference held in Azeroth, the online universe inhabited by millions of people playing World of Warcraft. Anyone who has been part of a conference's organizing committee knows that some glitches and mishaps are just unavoidable. And as usual, the problems that actually did occur were unforeseen. It was a success nonetheless.

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