Abstrakti
Characters are a vital aspect of today’s transmedia practices. Combining theories on fictional persons from Japanese and Euro-American practices, this book discusses video game characters embedded in our popular media culture in which they are constantly produced and re-imagined.
This book introduces the dynamic game character, a type of game character with a development structure that consists of multiple outcomes in a game. Through their actions and choices, players can influence these game characters’ identities and affect their possible destinies.
Games subvert the idea that fictional persons must maintain a coherent identity. This book shows that dynamic game characters challenge strategies of top-down control through close readings of the Mass Effect series, Persona 5, Hades, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and more. It is directed to all scholars interested in the topics of transmedia storytelling, video games, characters, and Japanese narratology.
This book introduces the dynamic game character, a type of game character with a development structure that consists of multiple outcomes in a game. Through their actions and choices, players can influence these game characters’ identities and affect their possible destinies.
Games subvert the idea that fictional persons must maintain a coherent identity. This book shows that dynamic game characters challenge strategies of top-down control through close readings of the Mass Effect series, Persona 5, Hades, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and more. It is directed to all scholars interested in the topics of transmedia storytelling, video games, characters, and Japanese narratology.
Alkuperäiskieli | Englanti |
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Kustantaja | Amsterdam University Press |
Sivumäärä | 208 |
ISBN (elektroninen) | 9789048553495 |
ISBN (painettu) | 9789463722957 |
DOI - pysyväislinkit | |
Tila | Julkaistu - 30 lokak. 2023 |
OKM-julkaisutyyppi | C1 Kustannettu tieteellinen erillisteos |
Julkaisusarja
Nimi | Games and play |
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Vuosikerta | 9 |
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