Introduction: (dis)assembling the avatar / Jaime Banks
Life & death : the meaning of (digital) existence / Teresa Lynch & Nicholas L. Matthews
Shape & size : the body electric / James M. Falin & Jorge Peña
Race and otherness : the utopian promise and divided reality / Kristine L. Nowak
Boobs & butts : the babes get the gaze / Jesse Fox
Face & hair: looks that change behaviors / Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn
Voice and sound : player contributions to speech / Hanna Wirman & Rhys Jones
Gesture and movement : indices of presence / Sita Popat
Names & labels : strategic (de)identification / Mark R. Johnson
Gear & weaponry : market ideologies of functional and cosmetic items / William Robinson & David Calvo
Companions & vehicles : permutations of digital entities / Rabindra A. Ratan
Alignments & alliances : associations of value / Kristine Ask & Mark Chen
Morality & personality : perfect and deviant selves / Matthew Grizzard & Changhyun Ahn
Relationships & reputation : part of the main(frame) / Nicholas David Bowman
Headcanon & lore : owning the narrative / John Carter McKnight
Cosplay & conventions : exporting the digital / Nicolle Lamerichs
Rules & mechanics : parameters for interactivity / Andy Boyan & Jaime Banks
Achievements & levels: building affirmational resources / John A. Velez
Spells & statistics : inside the black box / Christopher A. Paul
Class & role : frameworks for (inter)action / Oskar Milik
Resources & inventories : useful fictions / Isaac Knowles
Code & logic : procedural desire / Peter Kudenov
Glitches & lag : unanticipated variables / Mark R. Johnson
Pixels and polygons : the stuff of light-beings / Roger Altizer, Jr
Embellishment & effects : seduction by style / Dominic Kao & D. Fox Harrell
Perspective & physics : frames for play / Ryan Bown & Gabe Olson
Mobility & context : of being and being there / Edward Downs
Engines & platforms : functional entanglements / Casey O¿Donnell
Interfaces and mods : customizing the gateway / Nathan Stevens & Anthony Limperos
Controllers & inputs : masters of puppets / Daniel Roth, Jean-Luc Lugrin, Sebastian von Mammen, & Marc Erich Latoschik
Licensing and law : who owns an avatar? / Tyler T. Ochoa & Jaime Banks
