Identity Quote by Tom Boellstorff

“Virtual worlds are places of imagination that encompass practices of play, performance, creativity and ritual.”

— Tom Boellstorff

“Since the boom days of World of War-craft and Second Life, there has been a strange, stagnant lull in terms of virtual worlds. I…

— Nick Yee

“Commentators frequently blame MMORPGs for an increasing sense of isolation in modern life. But virtual worlds are less a cause of that isolation than…

— Jonathan Gottschall

“We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas. Those environments are changing.”

— Michael Crichton

Virtual worlds are going to be a major disruptive element for mainstream society. The idea is that you might interact with other people in…

— Mitch Kapor

“Edward Castronova has argued that virtual worlds are “the modern equivalent to supercolliders for social scientists. . . . Virtual worlds allow for societal…

— Nick Yee

“Over the next generation or two, ever larger numbers of people, hundreds of millions, will become immersed in virtual worlds and online games. While…

— Jane McGonigal

I really believe that the virtual world mirrors the physical world.

— Marissa Mayer

“One of the purposes of a game world is simply to entertain in its own right: to offer the player a place to explore…

— Ernest Adams

I've always written observations on the world, and now there's two of them. The virtual world is a new thing, and it doesn't really…

— Joe Walsh

“In the game of life, we all receive a set of variables and limitations in the field of play. We can either focus on…

— T.F. Hodge

“Reality and the virtual space reflect each other. They correspond to each other.”

— Koji Suzuki