Volume 4 Storyplaying

Sebastian Domsch

Published by De Gruyter 2013

Volume 4 Storyplaying

Agency and Narrative in Video Games

Sebastian Domsch

Part of the multi-volume work Narrating Futures

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110272451

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About this book

Incontestably, Future Narratives are most conspicuous in video games: they combine narrative with the major element of all games: agency. The persons who perceive these narratives are not simply readers or spectators but active agents with a range of choices at their disposal that will influence the very narrative they are experiencing: they are players. The narratives thus created are realizations of the multiple possibilities contained in the present of any given gameplay situation. Surveying the latest trends in the field, the volume discusses the complex relationship of narrative and gameplay.

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Sebastian Domsch, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Content Publicly Available Download PDF	v
1 Introduction: What is Storyplaying? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Video Games and Narrative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3 Non-Unilinear Gameplay in Video Games Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4 Non-Unilinear Narrative in Video Games Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
5 Choice and Narrative in Video Games Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
6 Narrative’s Contrast Agent: Moral Choices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
7 The Future of Storyplaying Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, Libraries, Departments
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 190
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 25
Keywords: Narration; Narrative; Video Games; Computer Games

eBook

Published: August 28, 2013
ISBN: 9783110272451

Hardcover

Published: August 19, 2013
ISBN: 9783110272161