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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| Superior document: | Games and Play Series ; v.9 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2023. ©2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Games and Play Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (210 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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