Fictive Ethnicities in Online Games & Virtual Worlds

I found this podcast because, well, I'm a huge geek and I spend my free time reading articles on video game theory. I found it particularly relevant in relation to mimicry and Bhaba's 'sly civility' especially when Pearce discusses the so-called 'Uru Refugees' modding other game worlds to resemble their 'homeland'. In a post-structuralist milieu - where identity becomes dissociated from race, culture, and nation of origin - I think it's interesting to consider the ways in which a people find commonality and community in the most unlikely of relations (in this case: defunct video games). I'll post an abstract and notes, if ya'll are interested.

-Jim