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Transmedia Storytelling

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Transmedia Storytelling is a concept that explains the distribution of media content across multiple media platforms. In a multi-layered media landscape, content is no longer confined to one medium, but rather works across media boundaries.

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Sublimity in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Paper

Bethany Maclachlan

17/12/2021

14 minutes to read

This paper investigates how the game Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture creates a sublime experience for players. It reveals that the game explores concepts relating to sublimity which enable an experience that could be considered sublime.

The Hunger Games: its transmedial storytelling & a fanbase full of real-life Mockingjays

Paper

Iris Olde Hampsink

29/10/2021

12 minutes to read

This paper examines the transmediality of the Hunger Games narrative by taking a closer look at theme park attractions, exhibitions, videogames, and the websites CapitolCouture.pn, TheCapitol.pn, and Revolution.pn.

Games, Gaming and Culture

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Gaming has not only become a multibillion industry, it is now a sports and a network of different socio-cultural scenes. In this Diggit file, our authors dig deep into the world of gaming by focusing on gaming from different angles.

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Alice in Wonderland and the power of medium

Paper

Rebecca de Jongh

16/08/2021

6 minutes to read

A beloved story like Alice in Wonderland can completely change if the narrative is told through a different medium, such as a video game.

The Suspicious Comeback of FMV Games

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Inge van de Ven

28/05/2021

18 minutes to read

Full Motion Video (FMV) games, which were popular in the early and mid-nineties but then became outdated, are making a surprising comeback. The lack of interactivity the genre is often derided for is precisely its strength.

"[CLICK HERE]": how mobile game commercials use Facebook's algorithm

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Szymon Zbiegniewski

08/11/2021

9 minutes to read

Mobile game commercials abuse Facebook's algorithm to increase the number of players. How do these commercials make use of various mechanics to reach this goal?

How FarmVille 2 Celebrates Capitalism and Animal Exploitation

Article

Luiza Dubicka

08/10/2021

14 minutes to read

FarmVille 2 draws heavily on cultural scripts which normalise the exploitation of animals, thus celebrating capitalism. Through a speciesist representation of human-nonhuman animal relations, FarmVille 2 perpetuates oppressive models of practice.

Gamification in self-improvement apps

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Rebecca de Jongh

Roeliena Aukema

05/10/2020

11 minutes to read

Through gamification it is possible to work on a more engaging way of learning and to truly let learners use their creative potential. Nevertheless, we should keep in mind that using gamification is highly contextualized.