Ring bearers : The Lord of the Rings Online as intertextual narrative / edited by Tanya Krzywinska, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, and Justin Parsler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krzywinska, Tanya.

MacCallum-Stewart, Esther.

Parsler, Justin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lord of the Rings (Game).

Video games.

Internet games.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

ix, 177 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Ringbearers" collects together essays by established and leading figures within Game Studies, each focused on different aspects of the Massively Multiplayer Online game "The Lord of the Rings Online". The collection is essential reading for those looking to better understand the adaptation into online game form of Tolkien's fictional world, as well as those seeking to comprehend the design and uses of online games. This makes "Ringbearers" an ideal textbook for students and scholars of interactive fictional media. The authors played the game extensively, yet they each come to it with different questions. Some essays focus on what players do with and in the game, whether that means asking about the opportunities provided for role-play or asking how the knowledge that fans bring to the game informs their experience of it. Others focus on the design of the game: for example the handling of narrative and its temporal dimensions, the articulation of core themes into ludic form, or the representational and aural strategies used by the game.

Contents:

Following in the Footsteps of Fellowship: A Tale of There and Back Again text/translation/tolkienisation / Douglas Brown Brown, Douglas, Tanya Krzywinska Krzywinska, Tanya

When Fans become Players: LOTRO in a transmedial world perspective / Lisbeth Klastrup Klastrup, Lisbeth, Susana Tosca Tosca, Susana

The Place of Role-playing in MMORPGs / Esther MacCallum-Stewart MacCallum-Stewart, Esther

Narrative Generation in The Lord of the Rings Online / Gordon Calleja Calleja, Gordon

From the Demonic Tradition to Art-Evil in Digital Games: Monstrous Pleasures in Lord of the Rings Online / Frans Mäyrä Mäyrä, Frans

Crafting in The Lord of the Rings Online / Justin Parsler Parsler, Justin

Unrealistic Expectations / Richard A. Bartle Bartle, Richard A..

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9780719082924

0719082927

OCLC:

706651536