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Living the Game: WoW-China

Last fall, we ran an interview with UCI Professor of Informatics Bonnie Nardi, who was conducting research on the different ways World of Warcraft (an MMO-RPG, Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) was used in China and the US.Recently, a reader... ...full story at China Beat

from China Beat on Sun, Mar 29 2009

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31 Oct 08 visit China and U.S: World of Warcraft  »  Global Voices China Beat blogs an interview with UCI Professor of Informatics Bonnie Nardi on her research founding on WoW players in China and the U.S.
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