22 April, 2015

William Huber

H domesticity, Intertextuality, Japanese cultural history, shomin-geki, videogame genre theory

KA AS SHOMIN-GEKI: PROBLEMATIZING VIDEOGAME STUDIES

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Authors: Huber William

Source: DiGRA ’03 – Proceedings of the 2003 DiGRA International Conference: Level Up , 2014

Volume: 2 ISBN / ISNN: ISSN 2342-9666

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Abstract:

The paper addresses limitations of strictly interactive theories of videogame genre, proposes a supplementary, historicist inter-media alternative, and interprets the videogame Ka as a ludic worked based in the shomin-geki tradition of Japanese cinema.

Keywords: domesticity, Intertextuality, Japanese cultural history, shomin-geki, videogame genre theory