About the author
January 20th, 2010
Darryl Woodford

| Title | BEng, MSc |
| Languages | English |
| Profile | BEng Computer Games and Internet Technology from University of Essex (United Kingdom). MSc Information Technology: Media Technology and Games from IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark). Doctoral candidate at Queensland University of Technology (Australia) entitled “Regulation of Virtual Environments” |
| Research Interests: |
Cheating, Ethics, Gambling, Governance, Law, Magic Circle, Regulation, Semantics, Virtual Environments |
| Homepage | http://www.dpwoodford.net |
| darryl [at] dpwoodford.net |
Publications:
- “Online Games: Legal Issues” in Virtual Worlds and Law, Edited by L. Padmavathi , ICFAI Books, India (forthcoming 2010)
- “Governing Virtual Worlds” in The IUP Journal of Cyber Law, Vol. VIII, Nos. 3 & 4, pp. 24-33, August & November 2009
- “Gambling” with Gordon Calleja (first author) in Encyclopaedia of Play: A Social History, Edited by Rodney Carlisle, Sage Publications, USA (2009).
Invited Presentations:
- “The Fallacy of the Magic Circle” — Games Convention Online — Leipzig, August 2009
- Panel Discussion: Farewell to the “Magic Circle” – Expansion of Society into the Digital? Virtual Worlds as Social Worlds — w/ Mark Butler, Ren Reynolds & Stephan Günzel — Games Convention Online — Leipzig, August 2009
Presentations:
- Abandoning the Magic Circle — “Breaking the Magic Circle” seminar — Tampere, Finland — April 2008 - PDF – PPT
- Governing Virtual Worlds – Brunel 2nd Annual Postgraduate Games Conference — London, England — September 2008 – PDF — PPT
Teaching:
- Game Theory — Assistant Lecturer — Fall 2009 — IT University of Copenhagen
- Game Design — Assistant Lecturer – Fall 2009 — IT University of Copenhagen
- Game Culture — Teaching Assistant — Spring 2009 — IT University of Copenhagen
Unpublished Papers:
- Ludic Gambling: The implications of gambling legislation on online gaming - PDF
- Designing Emotions: Establishing motivational goals in experimental game design – PDF
- Countdown: Time in computer gaming – PDF
- Notes towards defining cheating – PDF
- Exploring Agency – PDF
Work in Progress:
- Regulating Virtual Environments (aka A Manifesto for Regulation) – PhD Thesis