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WoW as Cybercultural hub

If you don’t already read We Make Money Not Art , they’ve recently posted some interesting impressions from 23C3 (which sadly I couldn’t attend). Of particular scholarly interest I think are the notes from Joi Ito’s presentation on World of Warcraft and MMORPGs.
I can’t help but feel drawn back to McLuhan (from The Gutenberg Galaxy: [...]

Personal Heroes Series: Marshall McLuhan

Herbert Marshall McLuhan
(July 21, 1911 -December 31, 1980)
“We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us. “