Play's the Thing: A Framework to Study Videogames as Performance

Performance studies deals with human action in context, as well as the process of making meaning between the performers and the audience. This paper presents a framework to study videogames as a performative medium, applying terms from performance studies to videogames both as software and as games....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fernandez-Vara, Clara
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Digital Games Research Association 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100276
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1579-2384