Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling : : The Dynamic Game Character.

• Superior document: Games and Play Series ; v.9
• Author: Blom, Joleen.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2023.; Ã2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Games and Play Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (210 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Table of Contents -- A brief note on Japanese names and words -- 1. Introducing the dynamic game character -- Characters in contemporary transmedia practices -- The imbalance of transmedia storytelling -- Transmedia, games, and participatory culture -- A few notes on method -- Structure of the book -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- 2. Characters in contemporary media -- Game characters in transmedia storytelling -- The ideal of narrative continuity across works -- Characters in the Japanese media mix -- Changing approaches -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3. How the dynamic game character develops -- Dynamic game characters -- The possibility space of games -- The development structure of dynamic game characters -- The requirements for dynamic game characters -- The three types of dynamic game characters -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4. Strategies to control a character's transtextual identities -- The challenge to character identities -- How (not) to control a dynamic game character's identity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 5. Parasocial relationships with non-playable characters -- Parasocial relationships with game characters -- A brief overview of the System of Affection -- Dating in Persona 5 -- Queer and polyamorous dating in Hades -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 6. The construction of transmedia game characters -- The presentation of characters across media platforms -- Transmedia characters in fighting games -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 7. The future of dynamic game characters -- Charting a vision -- Bibliography -- Glossary: A brief typology of characters -- Bibliography -- General bibliography -- Complete ludology -- Index.