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Narrative Mechanics

Strategies and Meanings in Games and Real Life
  • Edited by: Beat Suter , René Bauer and Mela Kocher
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2021
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What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? The book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life.

Author / Editor information

Kocher Mela :

Mela Kocher (Dr.) ist Projektleiterin für ludische Didaktik des Bereichs E-Learning im Dossier Learning & Teaching und lehrt im Masterstudiengang der Fachrichtung Game Design an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste.


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Playing with Narratives

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Narrating through Mechanics and Empathy
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Beat Suter
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eBook published on:
June 10, 2021
eBook ISBN:
9783839453452
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
362
Illustrations:
30
Coloured Illustrations:
134
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30 schw.-w. u. 134 farb. Abb.
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