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Header Notes

General / FAQ's

Welcome to The Daedalus Project (0)
Welcome to The Daedalus Project (1)
Welcome to The Daedalus Project (1)
MMORPG Lexicon (143)
The Daedalus Gateway (0)
In Search of Fan Videos (18)
FAQ: The Good and The Bad (17)
Download PDF's (13)
Description of Personality Factors (0)
Subscription Information (9)
About Me (58)
General FAQ (66)

Demographics

In-Game Dynamics

Status Reversal (29)
Seriosity/IBM Report on the Future of Leadership (3)
Dealing with Dilemmas (13)
Does Horde PWN Alliance in PvP? A Baker's Dozen of Possible Reasons (55)
The Origin of Guild Leaders (26)
Life as a Guild Leader (43)
Being a Leader (6)
The High-End Game (73)
The Demographics of Groups and Group Leadership (5)
The Demographics of Guild Membership (12)

Essays

Dissertation - The Proteus Effect (12)
The Labor of Fun (10)
A New Disorder is Born (43)
Yi-Shan-Guan (114)
Types vs. Components (1)
Applying Psychology to MMORPGs: Automatic Mimicry (4)
The Blurring of Work and Play (9)
Games, Life, and The Pursuit of Happiness (11)
A New Game Model: Bots, Nurturance and Solving the Grind (23)
The Seduction of Achievement in MMORPGs (32)
Imagining Future Worlds (14)
Virtual "Achievements"? (19)
Inside Out (1)
Engineering Relationships (23)

Meta-Character

Our Virtual Bodies, Ourselves? (25)
The Demographics of Game Choices (30)
WoW Gender-Bending (175)
WoW Character Race Demographics (18)
WoW Character Class Demographics (43)
WoW Alliance vs. Horde (183)
Who Wants To Be a Jack-of-all-Trades? (11)
Resource/Manufacturing/Combat Classes (2)
Through The Looking-Glass (12)
The Demographics of Gender-Bending (86)
The Demographics of Character Creation (18)
Identity Projection (6)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (19)

Game Mechanics

A New Game Model: Bots, Nurturance and Solving the Grind (23)
Engineering Relationships (23)

Relationships

Role Reversals (2)
Keeping in Touch (2)
Making Friends (9)
The "Impossible" Romance (31)
Love is in the Air (39)
Playing with Someone (Part 2) (13)
Playing With Someone (21)
Are MMORPG Relationships Meaningless? (7)
Inside Out (1)
My Best Friend (15)

WoW Data

PlayOn Census Data (14)
WoW Gender-Bending (175)
WoW Character Race Demographics (18)
WoW Character Class Demographics (43)
WoW Alliance vs. Horde (183)
WoW Basic Demographics (34)

Meta-Game

Most Memorable Experience (12)
Player Life-Cycle (27)
Seriosity/IBM Report on the Future of Leadership (3)
Likelihood of Quitting (13)
Number of Active Subscriptions (4)
Time Spent in the Meta-Game (15)
VoIP Usage (12)
Fun and Fatigue (7)
Prior Gaming Experiences (7)
Buying Gold (65)
Playing Together (13)
Police State (18)
The Blurring of Work and Play (9)
Player Fatigue (3)
Ranking Motivations (8)
Games, Life, and The Pursuit of Happiness (11)
Sharing Contact Info (13)
Occupational Preferences (5)
Appeal of Genres and Implementations (3)
Appeal of Game Elements (6)
The Demographics of Quitting (26)
Player polls on 3 issues (7)
Gaming with Romantic Partners and Family Members (1)
Why We Quit (38)
Players Who Have Quit (9)
How Much Would You Sell Your Account For? (38)
Will You Switch To A New Game? (17)
Most Important Aspect Of Game (3)

Growth / Transfer

On Therapy and Dependency (10)
Role Reversals (2)
Learning Life Lessons (7)
Communication / Relationship Skills (5)
Learning Leadership Skills (13)

Narratives

Interactive

Guild Name Generator (33)
Motivations Assessment (29)
Assessment: Motivation Factors (Facets) (2)
Browse Respondent Narratives (0)

Psychology

On Therapy and Dependency (10)
Primary Motivations (14)
Through the Looking Glass (7)
Superstitions (48)
A New Disorder is Born (43)
Problematic Usage (29)
In Their Own Words: The Immersion Component (1)
In Their Own Words: The Social Component (1)
In Their Own Words: The Achievement Component (2)
Motivations: The Bigger Picture (5)
A Model of Player Motivations (13)
Faces of Grief (19)
Four Boxes (12)
Revised Motivations Framework (3)
Applying Psychology to MMORPGs: Automatic Mimicry (4)
It's A Matter of Perspective (21)
Achievement and Frustration in MMORPGs (3)
The Seduction of Achievement in MMORPGs (32)
The Demographics of Motivations (0)
Through The Looking-Glass (12)
Revised Player Motivation Factors (0)
Therapeutic Spaces (10)
MMORPGs - A Love-Hate Relationship (4)
Player Personality Profiles (15)

Social Phenomena

The Protocols of Role-Playing (15)
Faces of Role-Playing (27)
The Demographics of Role-Playing (3)
Introduction to the Role-Playing Series (7)
Engineering Altruism (11)
Frustration and Agony in MMORPGs (17)
Virtual "Achievements"? (19)
Romances That Began In A Far-Away Land (7)
An Ethnography of MMORPG Weddings (13)
The Rise and Fall of Guilds (27)

Slideshows

Slideshow #8 (0)
Slideshow #7 (0)
Slideshow #6 (0)
Slideshow #5 (0)
Slideshow #4 (3)
Slideshow #3 (4)
Slideshow #2 (4)
Slideshow (5)

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