When paratexts become texts: de-centering the game-as-text

Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 177 - 183
Published: Mar 15, 2017
Abstract
Most academic research on and discussions about paratexts define them as texts or artifacts that surround a central text, lending that central text meaning, framing and shaping how we understand it. Researchers who study games and game culture have examined how materials such as walkthroughs, game guides, and Let’s Play videos function as paratexts to shape how we understand what a particular videogame might be like and how best to play it. Yet...
Paper Details
Title
When paratexts become texts: de-centering the game-as-text
Published Date
Mar 15, 2017
Volume
34
Issue
2
Pages
177 - 183
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