The Voices of Game Worlds: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Disco Elysium

J Kjeldgaard-Christiansen, M Hejná - Games and Culture, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines how vocal performances of characters can contribute to sociocritical
storytelling in video games. We argue that the vocal performances of video game characters …

Space Rednecks, Robot Butlers, and Feline Foreigners: Language Attitudes Toward Varieties of English in Videogames

SD Stein - Games and Culture, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Speakers hold evaluative attitudes toward different varieties of language (eg, toward
accents, dialects, or sociolects). Individual linguistic markers, like a particular sound, can …

The myth of the “clarté française”: Language ideologies and metalinguistic discourse of videogame speech accents on Reddit

E Tarnarutckaia, A Ensslin - Discourse, Context & Media, 2020 - Elsevier
This article documents systematic, medium-specific forms of folk linguistic conservatism in
videogame metalanguage on Reddit. More specifically, it examines metalinguistic …

“She'sa space racist”: analyzing online discussions about racism and xenophobia in science fiction

E Elo - 2022 - oulurepo.oulu.fi
This thesis examines discussions on Reddit concerning racism and xenophobia in science
fiction. Discussions were gathered from a community of fans of the science fiction military …