Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling The Dynamic Game Character
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 intr...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
2023.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Games and Play Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009766239006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- A brief note on Japanese names and words
- 1. Introducing the dynamic game character
- 2. Characters in contemporary media
- 3. How the dynamic game character develops
- 4. Strategies to control a character's transtextual identities
- 5. Parasocial relationships with nonplayable characters
- 6. The construction of transmedia game characters
- 7. The future of dynamic game characters
- Glossary: A brief typology of characters
- General bibliography
- Index
