The narrativization of ludic elements in videogame fanfiction

Yuhua Hanna Wu; Paul Martin

doi:10.1177/13548565231208925

The narrativization of ludic elements in videogame fanfiction

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Abstract

Existing scholarship on videogame fanfiction focuses on how these fictions transform game characters and narrative settings. However, this misses out on an important trope in videogame fanfictions, where authors transplant game procedures, systems, mechanics, and play styles into their stories. We term this trope the narrativization of ludic elements. This article examines how three popular fanfictions based on the Chinese MMO Jian 3 narrativize ludic elements in a way that reinforces hegemonic masculinity. The article contributes to a fuller understanding of the rhetorical strategies of fanfiction writers and explores the ideological implications of the intermedial relation between fanfictions and their source texts.

Original language	English
Journal	Convergence
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565231208925
Publication status	Published Online - 2023

Keywords

Adaptation
Chinese MMO
fanfiction
game mechanics
game procedures
gender
hegemonic masculinity
intermediality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Communication
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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