The Dynamic Game Character: Definition, Construction, and Challenges in a Character Ecology
Page 1 The Dynamic Game Character: Definition, Construction, and Challenges in a Character …

INTRODUCTION 1. I occasionally experienced this night-sky view using the original Oculus Rift
(2016). The phenomenon appears to Page 1 INTRODUCTION 1. I occasionally experienced …

The editors have gathered a distinguished group of international scholars working at the
interstices of comics studies and game studies to explore two interrelated areas of inquiry …

This paper presents a survey of the story elements in isekai (other world) manga. The large
number of available isekai manga series allows the use of a survey to investigate patterns in …

A month after the release of the video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo
2020), virtual player markets arose where players could exchange characters and other …

Visual imagery is the most important part of game design. Game designers should pay
particular attention so that the visual character of the game can be effectively realized and …

Transmedia practices assume that characters are foremost elements of a diegetic world and
that the coherence of their identity is analogous to human persons. This chapter diverges …

In the first quarter of 2022, the free-to-play game Genshin Impact (2020) surpassed a
revenue of $3 billion dollars (US) from their mobile phone players. 1 Genshin Impact is …

" Characters are a vital aspect of today's transmedia practices. Combining theories on
fictional persons from Japanese and Euro-American practices, this book discusses video …

As a result of technological innovations and new cultural practices, the contemporary
mediasphere is increasingly populated by digital (ized) faces. The phenomenon is not …