[game_edu] Books on Virtual Worlds?

[Peter Border]

Hi folks:

Does anybody have any recommendations for a new text on building virtual worlds? We have using Bartle's book, but it's getting a bit long in the tooth (copyright 2004- pre WoW!) and is rather wordy (150 pages for one chapter??). OTOH, Bartle's an excellent book by one of the founders so I don't want to change just for the sake of being hip.

What are other people using for a text on MMOs?

Peter Border
Game and Application Design Chairman
Globe University/Minnesota School of Business
1401 West 76th St
Richfield, MN 55423
pborder at msbcollege.edu