Emergent Game Group {egg}: Mission
The Emergent Game Group {egg} was formed in 2006 by Georgia Tech Digital Media faculty member Celia Pearce to study the many facets of emergent cultures in multiplayer games and virtual worlds, and to explore design strategies that promote emergent social behavior. We frame our work as “design research,” which integrates methods and theories from sociology and anthropology into design practice.
The {egg} is a member of Georgia Tech’s Experimental Game Lab, a community of research groups engaged in a broad array of experimentation that brings together humanities, computer science, design and the arts through a unique blend of theory and practice.