MMO's

In an article by Constance Steinkuhler and Dmitri Williams argued MMO’s or massive multiplayer online can function as the “third place”. A “third place” is a location where informal social interactions can take place, such as a bar or a coffee shop. I think there are other ways to look at MMO's as whole. MMO's are not only "third places", but a whole another world within our society.In theatre there is a term called ‘the green world’ which can describe MMO’s in a new way. In A Student’s Guide To Play Analysis, David Rush describes the ‘green world’ as any place away form “here” where interesting and sometimes wonderful things that happen that change people. I believe this shows a different way of viewing MMO’s. They are magical and full of fantasy, unlike the real world. For example, an MMO that I have played called Civilization V can describe this. In Civilization V users can take control of one of 18 select civilizations and foster them from the beginning ages to far in the future. This game allows people to enter worlds and do things one could never fathom in their entire life. MMO’s allow people to do things they could never have imagined. Like the "green world" in theatre, users in MMO are able to do amazing things in the game that hey could never have imagined otherwise.