Digital Zombies, Undead Stories: Narrative Emergence and Videogames

Through analysis of three case study videogames - Left 4 Dead 2, DayZ and Minecraft - and...
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Author: Lawrence May
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Language: English
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Digital Zombies, Undead Stories: Narrative Emergence and Videogames by May, Lawrence

Digital Zombies, Undead Stories: Narrative Emergence and Videogames

$150.80

Digital Zombies, Undead Stories: Narrative Emergence and Videogames

$150.80
Author: Lawrence May
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Through analysis of three case study videogames - Left 4 Dead 2, DayZ and Minecraft - and their online player communities, Digital Zombies, Undead Stories develops a framework for understanding how collective gameplay generates experiences of narrative, as well as the narrative dimensions of players' creative activity on social media platforms. Narrative emergence is addressed as a powerful form of player experience in multiplayer games, one which makes individual games' boundaries and meanings fluid and negotiable by players. The phenomenon is also shown to be recursive in nature, shaping individual and collective understandings of videogame texts over time.

Digital Zombies, Undead Stories focuses on games featuring zombies as central antagonists. The recurrent figure of the videogame zombie, which mediates between chaos and rule-driven predictability, serves as both metaphor and mascot for narrative emergence. This book argues that in the zombie genre, emergent experiences are at the heart of narrative experiences for players, and more broadly demonstrates the potential for the phenomenon to be understood as a fundamental part of everyday play experiences across genres.

Author: Lawrence May
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 08/25/2022
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781501374876

About the Author
May, Lawrence: - Lawrence May is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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