The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19918952
AutoresBernard Perron
EditoresMark J P Wolf (0000-0003-1608-5814), Brian Perron (0000-0002-2973-2366)
Año2014
Fecha de publicación2014-01-03
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaRoutledge Companion to Video Game Studies (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203114261
OpenAlexW584898764
Open LibraryOL34618787M
ISBN9780203114261
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas65
Referencias citadas3

It is plausible that video games contain elements of fiction. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego, 2010) depicts the fiction of a man named John Marston, his search for the members of his old criminal gang, and his death at the hands of federal agents. Marston, the world in which he lives, and the events that take place around him are the type of depictions that would find a natural place in other fictive media such as cinema. But significantly, the gameplay of Red Dead Redemption also partakes in this fiction: the player spends his or her time hunting coyotes, searching for lost treasure, and fighting gun battles. These are not activities that the player really performs; rather it is fictional that s/he does these things

Media studies · Multimedia · Sociology · Video game · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Video games