| Forum-Based Role Playing Games as Digital Storytelling Contributor(s): Zalka, Csenge Virág (Author), Kapell, Matthew Wilhelm (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1476672849 ISBN-13: 9781476672847 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Games & Activities | Role Playing & Fantasy |
| Dewey: 793.93 |
| LCCN: 2019002305 |
| Series: Studies in Gaming |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.7" (0.55 lbs) 215 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When people hear the term role-playing games, they tend to think of two things: a group of friends sitting around a table playing Dungeons & Dragons or video games with exciting graphics. Between those two, however, exists a third style of gaming. Hundreds of online forums offer gathering places for thousands of players--people who come together to role-play through writing. They create stories by taking turns, describing events through their characters' eyes. Whether it is the arena of the Hunger Games, the epic battles of the Marvel Universe or love stories in a fantasy version of New York, people build their own spaces of words, and inhabit them day after day. But what makes thousands of players, many teenagers among them, voluntarily type up novel-length stories? How do they use the resources of the Internet, gather images, sounds, and video clips to weave them into one coherent narrative? How do they create together through improvisation and negotiation, in ways that connect them to older forms of storytelling? Through observing more than a hundred websites and participating in five of them for a year, the author has created a pilot study that delves into a subculture of unbounded creativity. |
Contributor Bio(s): , Csenge Virag Virag: - Csenge Virag Zalka is a professional storyteller and researcher from Budapest, Hungary. Her interests focus on role-playing games as a form of storytelling, historical fiction, oral traditions and popular culture.Kapell, Matthew Wilhelm: - Matthew Wilhelm Kapell teaches American studies and humanities at San Jose State University. He lives in San Jose, California. |