Mark Kretzschmar, Sara Raffel

The History and Allure of Interactive Visual Novels

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Produktbeschreibung

"An analysis of historical and current trends in game studies and visual novels, with a focus on narrative structure, ludic interactivity and subgenres"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781501370472
• ISBN-10: 1501370472
• Artikelnr.: 69924180

Autorenporträt

Mark Kretzschmar is a video game scholar and holds a PhD in Texts & Technology from the University of Central Florida, USA. Sara Raffel is a narrative and technical communication scholar in the English department at the University of Central Florida, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: History and Interactivity 1. Introduction: The Ludic Genre Devoted
to Stories Meets Postmodernism 2. Digital Books of the Rising Sun: Cultural
and Technological Factors Leading to the Remediation of Manga and Anime 3.
Assembling the Nest: Cultural Vehicles that Incubated Visual Novels PART 2:
Subgenres and Tropes 4. The Aesthetics and Functions of Kawaii
(Cute)Culture and Dating Simulators 5. Detective Stories, Labyrinthian
Puzzles, and Supernatural Horror (Oh, My!): The Rising Popularity of
Mystery Visual Novels and Japanese Adventure Games 6. Intimacy, Uncensored
Pixels, and Groundhog Day Porn Loops: Erotic Visual Novels and Adult
Content PART 3: Fan-Creators, Open-Source Software, and Genre-Melding? 7.
Rise of the Fan/Gamer/Creator: How Open-Source Software Influences a New
Generation of Visual Novel 8. Conclusion: The Future of Visual Novels: How
Genre-Melders Keep the Dream Alive Appendix A: The Visual Novel-Adventure
Game Starter Kit Ludography Index