Narrative Mechanics: Strategies and Meanings in Games and Real Life

Mela Kocher; Beat Suter; René Bauer

doi:10.14361/9783839453452

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8376-5345-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8394-5345-2
Publisher: transcript, Bielefeld
Series: Edition Medienwissenschaft
Volume: 82
Language: English
Pages: 362
Product Type: Edited Book

FrontmatterPages 1 - 4
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ContentsPages 5 - 8
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IntroductionPages 9 - 16
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Narrative MechanicsPages 19 - 50
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Narrative Patterns in Video GamesPages 51 - 78
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Teaching Narrative DesignPages 79 - 90
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The Narrative Role of Sound in GamesPages 91 - 110
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Mukokuseki and the Narrative Mechanics in Japanese GamesPages 113 - 150
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Characterization and Emergent Narrative in Dwarf FortressPages 151 - 160
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On the Evolution of Narrative Mechanics in Open-World GamesPages 161 - 176
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Open-End Storytelling in Pinball MachinesPages 177 - 196
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Mechanics of InspirationPages 197 - 210
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Narrative Approaches in Contemporary Video Game ReviewsPages 211 - 228
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"We''re not murderers. We just survive."Pages 231 - 246
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QUIZPages 247 - 256
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Ludic Meanders through Defictionalization: The Narrative Mechanics of ArtPages 257 - 278
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If You Play It, Do You Believe It?Pages 279 - 290
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Ball Games and Language GamesPages 291 - 298
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FlorencePages 301 - 308
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The Last GuardianPages 309 - 314
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Murder at the MuseumPages 315 - 322
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Even Missile Command Tells a StoryPages 323 - 328
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ShavePages 329 - 336
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The Twitter GamePages 337 - 350
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Commander KurzPages 351 - 354
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AuthorsPages 355 - 362
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