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.