This monograph explains video games as multidimensional and deeply mutable concepts as the interplay of three dimensions: Indeed, in addition to the hybrid approaches between genre of fiction and genre of game in genre theory, it is also social genre complexes that shape the experience of the player, especially in multiplayer games. The video game reveals itself as an objet ambigué: an art object that finally reveals and repositions itself in the process of interaction with the user.

Complete overview of video game genres in the German-speaking world Current case studies Describes and positions social genres in video game discourse for the first time

Autorentext

Dr Felix Schniz MA is a senior scientist at the Department of Information Technology at Klagenfurt University.

Inhalt

Introduction:The video game. An objet ambgu.- Early genre models.- Videogame genres in three dimensions (fiction aesthetics, game mechaics, social practice).- Follow-up.