"The key feature of the actual world which virtual worlds must share with it in order to become compelling is not its visual and sonic "realism," but the fact it is a forum in which we give our lives meaning by entangling them in projects we undertake with others.

Worlds become real when we care about them, not when they look similar to our own"

-Alex Golub, Being in the World (of Warcraft)

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"We love to play
We want to win
It matters to us if we win or lose
It matters to us how we play the game
We want to get lost in play
We want time not to matter
We need teammates and opponents to make us better
We want to do something more important than ourselves
We try because it matters to us
We try because it's more fun that way
We practice because we like to be good
We don't quit because it doesn't feel right when we do
We play a game, not only a game
We dream
We imagine
We hope, because there's always a way

We are players."

-Ken Dryden, The Game