Rules, Rhetoric, and Genre

Procedural Rhetoric in Persona 3

Bibliographic Data

ID2409458
AuthorsTodd Harper (0009-0004-6324-881X, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume6
Issue5
Pages395-413
Publication date2011-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGames and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1555-4120 • E-ISSN: 1555-4139
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1555412011402675
OpenAlexW2101608096
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited16

Released in 2008 for the Playstation 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 is a roleplaying game with a diverse genre pedigree. It is a combination of dungeon-crawling RPG and social interaction ''datesim,'' all wrapped up in the thematic trappings of occult mystery and Japanese popular culture. Using Ian Bogost's (2007) concept of procedural rhetoric, this article examines how Persona 3's use of genre conventions and gameplay-based rhetorical frames construct the game's message, as well as how those structures can inform our understanding of genre for the digital game form

Aesthetics · Art · Construct (python library · Game studies · Human–computer interaction · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Multimedia · Persona · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Video game · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies

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