My tiny life
by Julian Dibbell · first published 1998
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Why HN recommends it
Firsthand account of life inside LambdaMOO, an early text-based virtual world, covering its social dynamics, online relationships and a well-known incident. Recommended to anyone curious about early online communities.
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If you're interested in more about LambdaMOO, Julian Dibbell's My Tiny Life is a good read: https://www.amazon.com/My-Tiny-Life-Passion-Virtual/dp/08050...
on “A Mansion Filled with Hidden Worlds: When the Internet Was Young” ↗There's a great book about the original instance of this software, https://www.amazon.com/My-Tiny-Life-Passion-Virtual/dp/08050... fun old internet flamewars and a lot of discussion about the gender spectrum and how it's expressed by individuals online.
on “Show HN: I rewrote the 1990's LambdaMOO server from scratch” ↗“A Rape in Cyberspace” was later collected into a book called My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World, all about the author's relationships and experiences in LamdaMOO. Highly recommend.
on “Show HN: I rewrote the 1990's LambdaMOO server from scratch” ↗…Reading Developing Online Games. Mulligan and Petrovsky. Massively Multiplayer Game Development. Thor Alexander et al. Synthetic Worlds. Edward Castronova. Community Building on the Web. Amy Jo Kim My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World. Julian Dibbell A Theory of Fun. Raph Koster Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
on “When A Game Designer teaches a College Course: No Grading, just Levelling Up” ↗PDF version of "My Tiny Life" is available for zero dollars on lulu dot com: http://www.lulu.com/shop/julian-dibbell/my-tiny-life-crime-a...
on “A Mansion Filled with Hidden Worlds: When the Internet Was Young” ↗