A surprising assessment of the ways that virtual worlds are entangled with human psychology proteus the mythical sea god who could alter his appearance at will embodies one of the promises of online games the ability to reinvent oneself yet inhabitants of virtual worlds rarely achieve this liberty game researcher nick yee contends. Proteus the mythical sea god who could alter his appearance at will embodies one of the promises of online games the ability to reinvent oneself yet inhabitants of virtual worlds rarely achieve this liberty game researcher nick yee contends. A surprising assessment of the ways that virtual worlds are entangled with human psychology proteus the mythical sea god who could alter his appearance at will embodies one of the promises of online games the ability to reinvent oneself yet inhabitants of virtual worlds rarely achieve this liberty game researcher nick yee contends. The proteus paradox how online games and virtual worlds change us and how they dont by nick yee steve redhead finds a lack of sophistication in this analysis of the online gaming community virtual worlds are central to modern life in the 21st century just think of the effects of the ongoing global financial crisis the controversial virtual . Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more the proteus paradox how online games and virtual worlds change us and how they dont in searchworks catalog