Description

• Title:
  Avatars Going Mainstream: Typology of Tropes in Avatar-Based Storytelling Practices
• Creator:
  Tymińska, Marta
• Contributor:
  University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Languages;
  marta.tyminska@4zal.net
• Description:
  Due to the growing popularity of video games, gaming itself has become a shared experience among media audiences worldwide. The phenomenon of avatar-based games has led to the emergence of new storytelling practices. The paper proposes a typology of tropes in these avatar-based narratives focusing on non-game case studies. Suggested tropes are also confronted with the latest research on avatars in the area of game studies and current knowledge of the issues concerning the player-avatar relationship. Some of the most popular misconceptions regarding the gameplay experience and its representation in non-game media are exposed as a result of this analysis. The research confirms that popular culture perceives gaming experience as closely related to the player identity, as the latter inspires new genres of non-game narratives.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  © Copyright by Authors, Łódź 2016; © Copyright for this edition by Uniwersytet Łódzki, Łódź 2016
• Date:
  2017.08.23;
  2016
• Type:
  Article
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Relation:
  Replay. The Polish Journal of Game Studies;1;
  3
• Subject:
  avatars;
  narrative;
  storytelling;
  movies;
  tv series;
  light novels
• Identifier:
  2391-8551;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/22430 ;
  2449-8394;
  10.18778/2391-8551.03.06
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  image