“The fantasy of being transported into another world, to be taken wholly into an imaginary realm, is a primal desire.”
Randall Packer
The virtual communities created by online games have provided us with a new platform for social interaction and communication, allowing people to create new realities and reinvent their personalities beyond the confines of physical limitations. How are people’s lives being affected by this medium and what is the role of real world ethics and behaviour codes in such virtual spaces?