Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. 1. Homo ludens 2.0 : Play, media, and identity 9
4. Part I: Play
5. Introduction to Part I 53
6. 2. Playland : Technology, self, and cultural transformation 55
7. 3. Spiritual play : Encountering the sacred in World of Warcraft 75
8. 4. Playful computer interaction 93
9. 5. Playful identity in game design and open-ended play 111
10. 6. Breaking reality : Exploring pervasive cheating in Foursquare 131
11. 7. Playing with bits and bytes : The savage mind in the digital age 149
12. Part II: Media
13. Introduction to Part II 167
14. 8. Location-based mobile games : Interfaces to urban spaces 169
15. 9. The playful use of mobile phones and its link to social cohesion 181
16. 10. Digital cartographies as playful practices 199
17. 11. Ludic identities and the magic circle 211
18. 12. Play (for) time 225
19. 13. Playful identity politics : How refugee games affect the player’s identity 245
20. Part III: Identity
21. Introduction to Part III 263
22. 14. Playing out identities and emotions 267
23. 15. Playing with others : The identity paradoxes of the web as social network 281
24. 16. New media, play, and social identities 293
25. 17. Playing life in the metropolis: Mobile media and identity in Jakarta 307
26. 18. The conflicts within the casual : The culture and identity of casual online play 321
27. 19. Afterplay 337
28. About the authors 347
29. Index of Names 353
30. Index of Subjects 359