Narrative Genre And Ideology In Video Games
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Narrative Genre And Ideology In Video Games
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Author : Bruna Pickler
language : en
Publisher: Editora Dialética
Release Date : 2024-01-10
Narrative Genre And Ideology In Video Games written by Bruna Pickler and has been published by Editora Dialética this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book sheds light on gender politics and structures of power that can be found in new media, as a single structure that can be found in any game. This book brings to the public an academic dissertation, that was written to grant a Master's Degree to its author. It aims to produce knowledge regarding the modern video game medium by analyzing the narrative pertaining to one such game. To be written, a game was played and replayed to its whole extension, and analyzed throughout. The game is used as a contemporary example of the cultural form. The dissertation focuses on the narrative structure of the text using the theoretical work of Vladimir Propp and the ideas he develops in Morphology of Folktale (1968). This book argues that the morphology identified by Propp as being present in traditional folk narratives can also be found in a contemporary electronic cultural text. It also identifies and discusses issues regarding character development, the relationships between archetypes and categories, the allocation of tasks to the players within the story-as-game, the characteristics of the temporal development of the narrative, the significance and roles of the main characters, and the extent to which gender politics informs the narrative of this contemporary video game. "The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ― Roseanne Barr
Storyplaying
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Author : Sebastian Domsch
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2013-08-28
Storyplaying written by Sebastian Domsch and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Incontestably, Future Narratives are most conspicuous in video games: they combine narrative with the major element of all games: agency. The persons who perceive these narratives are not simply readers or spectators but active agents with a range of choices at their disposal that will influence the very narrative they are experiencing: they are players. The narratives thus created are realizations of the multiple possibilities contained in the present of any given gameplay situation. Surveying the latest trends in the field, the volume discusses the complex relationship of narrative and gameplay.
Immersion Narrative And Gender Crisis In Survival Horror Video Games
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Author : Andrei Nae
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-09
Immersion Narrative And Gender Crisis In Survival Horror Video Games written by Andrei Nae and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with Games & Activities categories.
This book investigates the narrativity of some of the most popular survival horror video games and the gender politics implicit in their storyworlds. In a thorough analysis of the genre that draws upon detailed comparisons with the mainstream action genre, Andrei Nae places his analysis firmly within a political and social context. In comparing survival horror games to the dominant game design norms of the action genre, the author differentiates between classical and postclassical survival horror games to show how the former reject the norms of the action genre and deliver a critique of the conservative gender politics of action games, while the latter are more heterogeneous in terms of their game design and, implicitly, gender politics. This book will appeal not only to scholars working in game studies, but also to scholars of horror, gender studies, popular culture, visual arts, genre studies and narratology.
Games And Narrative Theory And Practice
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Author : Barbaros Bostan
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-12-07
Games And Narrative Theory And Practice written by Barbaros Bostan and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-07 with Computers categories.
This book provides an introduction and overview of the rapidly evolving topic of game narratives, presenting the new perspectives employed by researchers and the industry, highlighting the recent empirical findings that illustrate the nature of it. The first section deals with narrative design and theory, the second section includes social and cultural studies on game narrative, the third section focuses on new technologies and approaches for the topic, the fourth section presents practices and case studies, and the final section provides industry cases from professionals.
Storytelling In Video Games
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Author : Amy M. Green
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-11-28
Storytelling In Video Games written by Amy M. Green and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-28 with Games & Activities categories.
Beginning with the structural features of design and play, this book explores video games as both compelling examples of story-telling and important cultural artifacts. The author analyzes fundamentals like immersion, world building and player agency and their role in crafting narratives in the Mass Effect series, BioShock, The Last of Us, Fallout 4 and many more. The text-focused “visual novel” genre is discussed as a form of interactive fiction.
Video Game Narrative And Criticism
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Author : T. Thabet
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-03-04
Video Game Narrative And Criticism written by T. Thabet and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-04 with Social Science categories.
The book provides a comprehensive application of narrative theory to video games, and presents the player-response paradigm of game criticism. Video Game Narrative and Criticism explains the nature of gameplay - a psychological experience and a meaning-making process in the fictional world of video games.
Theorizing Stupid Media
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Author : Aaron Kerner
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-11-05
Theorizing Stupid Media written by Aaron Kerner and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-05 with Performing Arts categories.
This book explores the stupid as it manifests in media—the cinema, television and streamed content, and videogames. The stupid is theorized not as a pejorative term but to address media that “fails” to conform to established narrative conventions, often surfacing at evolutionary moments. The Transformers franchise is often dismissed as being stupid because its stylistic vernacular privileges kinetic qualities over conventional narration. Similarly, the stupid is often present in genre fails like mother!, or in instances of narrative dissonance—joyously in Adventure Time; more controversially in Gone Home— where a story “feels off” It also manifests in “ludonarrative dissonance” when gameplay and narrative seemingly run counter to one another in videogames like Undertale and Bioshock. This book is addressed to those interested in media that is quirky, spectacle-driven, or generally hard to place—stupid!
Gaming And The Arts Of Storytelling
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Author : Darshana Jayemanne
language : en
Publisher: MDPI
Release Date : 2019-07-12
Gaming And The Arts Of Storytelling written by Darshana Jayemanne and has been published by MDPI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-12 with Philosophy categories.
This book examines the notion of storytelling in videogames. This topic allows new perspectives on the enduring problem of narrative in digital games, while also opening up different avenues of inquiry. The collection looks at storytelling in games from many perspectives. Topics include the remediation of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness in games such as Spec Ops: The Line; the storytelling similarities in Twin Peaks and Deadly Premonition, a new concept of ‘choice poetics’; the esthetics of Alien films and games, and a new theoretical overview of early game studies on narrative
The Composition Of Video Games
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Author : Johansen Quijano
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2019-10-07
The Composition Of Video Games written by Johansen Quijano and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-07 with Games & Activities categories.
Video games are a complex, compelling medium in which established art forms intersect with technology to create an interactive text. Visual arts, architectural design, music, narrative and rules of play all find a place within, and are constrained by, computer systems whose purpose is to create an immersive player experience. In the relatively short life of video game studies, many authors have approached the question of how games function, some focusing on technical aspects of game design, others on rules of play. Taking a holistic view, this study explores how ludology, narratology, visual rhetoric, musical theory and player psychology work (or don't work) together to create a cohesive experience and to provide a unified framework for understanding video games.
Contemporary Research On Intertextuality In Video Games
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Author : Duret, Christophe
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2016-06-16
Contemporary Research On Intertextuality In Video Games written by Duret, Christophe and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-16 with Computers categories.
Culture is dependent upon intertextuality to fuel the consumption and production of new media. The notion of intertextuality has gone through many iterations, but what remains constant is its stalwart application to bring to light what audiences value through the marriages of disparate ideology and references. Videogames, in particular, have a longstanding tradition of weaving texts together in multimedia formats that interact directly with players. Contemporary Research on Intertextuality in Video Games brings together game scholars to analyze the impact of video games through the lenses of transmediality, intermediality, hypertextuality, architextuality, and paratextuality. Unique in its endeavor, this publication discusses the vast web of interconnected texts that feed into digital games and their players. This book is essential reading for game theorists, designers, sociologists, and researchers in the fields of communication sciences, literature, and media studies.