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Possible Worlds in Video Games: From Classic Narrative to Meaningful Actions
In current digital games, classic fictional worlds are transformed into ludofictional worlds, spaces rich in characters and emotions that are especially affected by the intervention of a player. In this book, we propose a model, inspired by the Semantics of Fiction and Possible Worlds, which is oriented to the analysis of video games as integrated systems.
Rockstar Games and American History
For two decades, Rockstar Games have been making games that interrogate and represent the idea of America, past and present. Commercially successful, fan-beloved, and a frequent source of media attention, Rockstar’s franchises are positioned as not only game-changing, ground-breaking interventions in the games industry, but also as critical, cultural histories on America and its excesses. But what does Rockstar’s version of American history look like, and how is it communicated through critically acclaimed titles like Red Dead Redemption (2010) and L.A. Noire (2011)? By combining analysis of Rockstar’s games and a range of official communications and promotional materials, this book of...
National Identity and Millennials in Northeast Asia
This book examines how the young in Northeast Asia engage with the political, especially in terms of the production, reformulation, or contestation of their national identities. Through case studies covering China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea and Taiwan, the contributions provide a study of the online spaces where youth engage with current debates regarding national identities. The book also unpacks the distinctive forms of expression and negotiation of national identities favoured by younger generations across Northeast Asia and asks questions specifically raised by their political mobilisation. For example, how their public mobilisation for a given cause has forced them to rethink their place in national and global communities. This book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of East Asian culture and politics, media studies and youth studies. The Introduction of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
End-Game
Video games are a global phenomenon, international in their scope and democratic in their appeal. This is the first volume dedicated to the subject of apocalyptic video games. Its two dozen papers engage the subject comprehensively, from game design to player experience, and from the perspectives of content, theme, sound, ludic textures, and social function. The volume offers scholars, students, and general readers a thorough overview of this unique expression of the apocalyptic imagination in popular culture, and novel insights into an important facet of contemporary digital society.
Videogame Sciences and Arts
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Videogame Sciences and Arts, VJ 2019, held in Aveiro, Portugal, in November 2019. The 20 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: Games and Theories; Table Boards; eSports; Uses and Methodologies; Game Criticism.
Introduction to Game Analysis
This accessible, third edition textbook gives students the tools they need to analyze games, using strategies borrowed from textual analysis. As game studies has become an established academic field, writing about games needs the language and methods that allow authors to reflect the complexity of a game and how it is played in a cultural context. This volume provides readers with an overview of the basic building blocks of game analysis—examination of context, content and distinctive features, and formal qualities—as well as the vocabulary necessary to talk about the distinguishing characteristics of a game. Examples are drawn from a range of games, non-digital and digital, and across h...
The Legal Status of Video Games: Comparative Analysis in National Approaches
This report analyzes the classification that each country has adopted for video games, and provides, in the final section, a tentative classification of these complex works, considering their nature, the elements they are made of and the creative process.
La protección jurídica de los derechos de autor de los creadores de videojuegos
Los videojuegos se han consolidado como la industria cultural con mayor previsión de crecimiento, por encima de la suma de la industria cinematográfica y discográfica, siendo España el cuarto mercado de software de ocio interactivo en Europa, y el sexto del mundo.
Este libro efectúa un estudio actualizado acerca del papel que juega la regulación de la propiedad intelectual en el singular haz de relaciones jurídicas entre los principales actores de la cadena de valor de la industria de los videojuegos, dedicando especial atención a la protección de la creatividad a través de la tutela de los derechos de autor (derechos y deberes, retos y desafíos, statu quo normativo y propuestas de futuro). La juventud del videojuego como manifestación cultural, a la que acompaña la consiguiente escasez e inespecificidad de su vigente marco regulador en España, determinan la necesidad y oportunidad de un estudio jurídico actualizado, e incluso de carácter prospectivo, en el que se pongan de relieve las carencias y posibles vías de formalización e innovación normativa en la materia.
100 Greatest Video Game Characters
Though in existence for only a few decades, video games are now firmly established in mainstream culture all around the planet. Every year new games are produced, and every year new favorites emerge. But certain characters have become so iconic that they withstand both time and the shifting interests of players. Such creations permeate other elements of popular culture—from graphic novels to film—and are known not only to dedicated gamers but to the general public as well. In 100 Greatest Video Game Characters, readers can learn about some of the most popular and influential figures that have leapt from computer monitors and television screens and into the public consciousness. The entri...
Game & Play
Game & Play ofrece una síntesis del alcance cultural y social del juego (game) y de la actividad de jugar (play) para después adentrarse en el conocimiento pormenorizado sobre el jugador, las mecánicas de juego y el mundo ficcional del juego digital. En este volumen el lector encontrará propuestas y discusiones que le permitan entender la diversidad de tipologías de jugadores y experiencias de juego, las características formales de la estructura lúdica, las mecánicas de juego, la estructura narrativa y, finalmente, una propuesta que indaga en los límites del contexto lúdico de la mano de los serious games o la gamificación.El creciente flujo de juegos digitales, de plataformas, de usos, de mercados y de nuevos entornos y competencias profesionales justifica y requiere propuestas rigurosas que, como Game & Play, analicen el juego digital examinando todas sus dimensiones.
