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Videogames in the Light of Transmedia Narratology and the Concept of Storyworld

2015; Index Copernicus International S.A.; Volume: 4; Issue: 43 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5604/01.3001.0013.4243

2299-9906

Piotr Kubiński,

Comics and Graphic Narratives

The article approaches videogames from the perspective of transmedia narratology. The fi rst part raises the question whether videogames can be treated and analyzed as a medium with a narrative potential, referring briefl y to the debate called „ludology vs. narratology”. The second part of the article concentrates on the concept of the storyworld and examines its usefulness in the context of selected videogame genres, with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as a specifi c example. The fi nal part enumerates the elements that contribute to the narrativity of videogames and points out the topics for further narratological investigations.