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Games and Narrative: Theory and Practice

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Editors:
  1. Barbaros Bostan

    1. Fac of Communication, Mueyyedzade Mah, Bahcesehir University, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey

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  • Coverage of the emerging approaches and advances in the field
  • Discussions on the recent issues, challenges, solutions, and strategies
  • The evolution of game narrative in the new era of VR, AR and MR

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Narrative Design and Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Six Degrees of Videogame Narrative

      • Sercan Sengun
      Pages 3-20

    3. Systemic NPC-Side Branching in Linear AAA Video Game Stories

      • Leanne C. Taylor-Giles
      Pages 21-44

    4. Breaking the Fourth Wall in Video Games: A New Terminology and Methodology

      • Öznur Özdal, Güven Çatak
      Pages 45-59

    5. Gamifying Kindness: Toward a Praxis of the Ephemeral

      • Demi Schänzel, Leanne C. Taylor-Giles, Jane Turner
      Pages 61-76

    6. The Digital Lineage of Narrative: Analyzing Interactive Fiction to Further Understand Game Narrative

      • Kirsty Michelle McGill
      Pages 77-90

    7. The Case for Naive and Low-Fidelity Narrative Generation

      • Henrik Warpefelt
      Pages 91-102

  3. Social and Cultural Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Azeroth Has a Workplace Gender Inequality Problem: Gendered Professions Bias in Virtual Worlds

      • Sercan Sengun, Jennifer Price, Lyndsie Schlink, Kristin Walker
      Pages 105-118

    3. Narrative Design in Turkish Video Games: History and Comparison

      • Ertuğrul Süngü, Esin Selin Güregen
      Pages 119-134

    4. The Games on Exhibition: Videogames as Contemporary Art

      • Tolga Hepdinçler
      Pages 135-142

    5. Ethics of Interactive Storytelling

      • Sami Hyrynsalmi, Kai K. Kimppa, Jouni Smed
      Pages 143-153

    6. The World Building in the Superhero Genre Through Movies and Video Games: The Interplay Between Marvel’s Avengers and Marvel Cinematic Universe

      • Hasan Kemal Suher, Tuna Tetik
      Pages 155-170

  4. New Technologies and Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Academical: A Choice-Based Interactive Storytelling Game for Enhancing Moral Reasoning, Knowledge, and Attitudes in Responsible Conduct of Research

      • Katelyn M. Grasse, Edward F. Melcer, Max Kreminski, Nick Junius, James Ryan, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
      Pages 173-189

    3. The Marriage of Quantum Computing and Interactive Storytelling

      • Natasha Skult, Jouni Smed
      Pages 191-206

    4. A Shared Vocabulary for Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN): An Encyclopedia Project

      • Hartmut Koenitz, Mirjam Palosaari Eladhari, Sandy Louchart, Frank Nack, Christian Roth, Elisa Mekler et al.
      Pages 207-229

    5. Narrative as a Game User Experience Dimension: An Experimental Study

      • Seray Şenyer, Barbaros Bostan
      Pages 231-246

  5. Practices and Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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About this book

This book provides an introduction and overview of the rapidly evolving topic of game narratives, presenting the new perspectives employed by researchers and the industry, highlighting the recent empirical findings that illustrate the nature of it. The first section deals with narrative design and theory, the second section includes social and cultural studies on game narrative, the third section focuses on new technologies and approaches for the topic, the fourth section presents practices and case studies, and the final section provides industry cases from professionals. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fac of Communication, Mueyyedzade Mah, Bahcesehir University, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey

    Barbaros Bostan

About the editor

Barbaros Bostan is a Professor in the Digital Game Design department at the Bahcesehir University/Turkey. He has a Ph.D. in Information Systems (2007) and he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at IDM Institute, Games Lab of the National University of Singapore between 2008 and 2010. His research areas include computer games, presence, interactivity, gamer psychology, player motivations and player profiling. Bostan has teaching experience in the areas of game history and analysis, storytelling in games, player psychology, research methods and interactive narrative. He was the editor of "Gamer Psychology and Behavior" and "Game User Experience and Player-Centered Design" books published by Springer. He was also one of the section editors of "Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games" published by Springer

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