Paladins with Muscle Cramps: Immersion, MMORPG’s and Nozick’s Experience Machine
Radu Uszkai, Emanuel Socaciu, Mihai-Valentin Cernea Abstract When he first formulated the famous ‘Experience Machine’ thought experiment in 1974, Robert Nozick could only give his readers one analogy with a potential real-life ‘device’: psychoactive drugs. Now, decades later, MMORPG’s like World of Warcraft and EVE Online, with their promise of delivering immersive pleasure to … [Read more…]