Essays about: "ludology"
Showing result 11 - 13 of 13 essays containing the word ludology.
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11. Labor or Play? Understanding Productive Activities in Digital Games
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikationAbstract : For a long time, playing games was considered as the opposite of being productive. However, in the digital age, millions of players produce economic value in the game worlds. This new phenomenon challenges the previous dichotomy of labor and play. To understand this new phenomenon, theoretical innovations are required. READ MORE
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12. A Musical Journey: Music as Gameplay, Meaning and Narrative in Digital Games
University essay from Lunds universitet/MusikvetenskapAbstract : This essay presents a detailed analysis of the music and its relations to gameplay, meaning and narrative in the interactive digital game Journey. Taking as its foundation multiple thorough playthroughs of the game, observation and questioning of test subjects has been conducted for greater perspective and objectivity. READ MORE
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13. “A peaceful world is a boring world” : a study in narrative structure and mythological elements in Squaresoft‟s Chrono Trigger
University essay from Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The focuses of this paper are narrative structures and mythological elements in the video game Chrono Trigger. A qualitative method was used to code the game world's seven eras into themes of symbolism, quest-themes, and, characters. These themes were compared with Northrop Frye's archetypal myth theory from Anatomy of Criticism. READ MORE
