Terra Nova was a

collaborative blog A blog (a Clipping (morphology), truncation of "weblog") is an informational website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries also known as posts. Posts are typically displayed in Reverse chronology, reverse chronologic ...

for academics and professionals in

game studies A game is a structured type of play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or video games) or art ...

. It focused primarily on the study of

virtual worlds A virtual world (also called a virtual space or spaces) is a computer-simulated environment which may be populated by many simultaneous users who can create a personal avatar and independently explore the virtual world, participate in its acti ...

. Started in 2003 by

Edward Castronova Edward "Ted" Castronova is a professor of media at Indiana University Bloomington. He is known in particular for his work on the economies of synthetic worlds. Biography Castronova obtained a BS in international affairs from Georgetown University ...

Julian Dibbell Julian Dibbell (; born February 23, 1963) is an American author and technology journalist with a focus on social systems within online communities.Leonard, Andrew (January 22, 1999)The unbearable realness of virtual being. Salon.com Life and c ...

, Dan Hunter, and Greg Lastowka, Terra Nova initially focused heavily on research and questions surrounding real money trading (RMT) in online virtual worlds. Coverage later expanded to include impacts of gaming on culture, architecture and law. Terra Nova is cited in the traditional media on issues of gaming in virtual worlds, most notably issues regarding ''

Second Life ''Second Life'' is a multiplayer virtual world that allows people to create an Avatar (computing), avatar for themselves and then interact with other users and user-created content within a multi-user online environment. Developed for person ...

'' and ''

World of Warcraft ''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing (MMORPG) video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows and Mac OS X. Set in the '' Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of War ...

''. Various issues have been discussed, from the virtual economy of ''

Star Wars Galaxies ''Star Wars Galaxies'' (''Galaxies'') is a discontinued '' Star Wars-''themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows, developed by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and published by LucasArts. The open worl ...

'' to the impact of learning in MMOs. Terra Nova's end was made official on September 25, 2014. The most recent post made was on April 28, 2015.

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