This file was created by the TYPO3 extension bib --- Timezone: CEST Creation date: 2024-04-23 Creation time: 13-32-23 --- Number of references 1 inproceedings DugosijaEHVHM2008 2008 9 16 386 Gaming has undergone a transition from a niche hobby to a part of everyday culture, with the most prominent examples of professional gaming in Korea and the success of World of Warcraft. This transition alongside with the advance of use of the Internet has created a new kind of social environment, commonly known as virtual life. This paper presents an excerpt of the results of a survey investigating this environment with particular regard to the interaction between gaming and career, relationships as well as social groups. “Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays. ” Schiller 1 https://www.comsys.rwth-aachen.de/fileadmin/papers/2008/2008-steg-vaegs-gaming.pdf http://www.slideshare.net/vaegs/online-gaming-as-tool-for-career-development-presentation Ralf Klamma, Nalin Sharda, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Harald Kosch and Marc Spaniol CEUR Workshop Proceedings Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Story-Telling and Educational Games (STEG'08) Maastricht School of Management, Maastricht, The Netherlands First International Workshop on Story-Telling and Educational Games (STEG'08) September 16, 2008 en DarkoDugosija VadiEfe StephanHackenbracht TobiasVaegs AnnaHannemann