Intermidiality in a walk through the narrative in fighting games

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https://doi.org/10.48075/rt.v15i2.27779
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Intermediality, media, narrative, fighting games.

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to reflect upon media concepts along with narrative process in the video games, most of all, in the genre fighting games. To do this, firstly, a literary review over narrative and medias was approached, covering ideas about McLuhan (2013), Jenkins (2009), Todorov (2006) and Barthes (2011). Then, the double space between media and gaming narrative helped to grasp how narratives have been presented, especially considering aspects such as structure and marketing. Mortal Kombat (1992-) and Street Fighter (1987-) were used as examples of games in which the important role of narrative prevails, above all, in parallel to hardware and player’s profile evolution. After the comparison, this work identified changes in communication and social behaviour due to narrative and economical background. Besides, we concluded that marketing aspect defines part of how power and knowledge connect with narrative by means of access to the game, its interactivity and the recognition of the player by the enterprise that owns the game franchises.

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Alisson Preto Souza, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Alisson Preto Souza é atual doutorando do PPG Letras da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.. É mestre em Literatura pela mesma instituição. Bolsista de pesquisa da CAPES. Hoje, segue a linha de pesquisa de Teoria, Crítica e Comparatismo, pesquisando processos relacionados às mídias e a sociedade, envolvendo-se com literatura, estudos culturais, sociologia e antropologia. Também estudou literatura indígena no âmbito das teorias pós-coloniais e identidades.

Lis Yana de Lima Martinez, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutoranda em Estudos de Literatura pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação do Instituto de Letras UFRGS. Atua na área de Teoria, Crítica e Comparatismo tendo sua pesquisa voltada aos estudos Intemidiáticos, Intertextuais e Interdisciplinares.

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31-08-2021

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SOUZA, A. P.; MARTINEZ, L. Y. de L. Intermidiality in a walk through the narrative in fighting games. Travessias, Cascavel, v. 15, n. 2, p. e27779, 2021. DOI: 10.48075/rt.v15i2.27779. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/travessias/article/view/27779. Acesso em: 16 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2021)

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[DT] LITERATURA, CINEMA E INTERMIDIALIDADE: TEXTOS, CONTEXTOS E IMAGENS

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