Reviews The Warcraft Civilization: Social Science in a Virtual World by William Sims Bainbridge Share this: Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print By Science News March 12, 2010 at 11:56 am Studying players in the computer game World of Warcraft can explain real-world group behavior, a sociologist argues.MIT Press, 2010, 244 p., $27.95. THE WARCRAFT CIVILIZATION: SOCIAL SCIENCE IN A VIRTUAL WORLD BY WILLIAM SIMS BAINBRIDGE