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game-playing online communities  

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  • As with so many other areas within digital culture and computer-mediated communication, online computer gaming has grown in popularity almost faster than it is possible to describe. Widespread access to advanced computers, high-speed Internet connections, and rapid development of game technology and sophisticated games have produced ever rising numbers of gamers who like to play online. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Online Communities, Game-Playing]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WZ8ZVC17-4

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