Waiting for something to happen: Narratives, interactivity and agency and the video game cut-scene

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 15-24

  Cheng, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Cut scene; Interactivity; Transmedia

Indexed keywords

AGENCY; CURRENT THEORIES; CUT-SCENE; FILM THEORY; GAME EXPERIENCE; GAMEPLAY; INTERACTIVE MEDIA; INTERACTIVITY; JACKSON; NARRATIVE AND STORYTELLING; THEORETICAL STRUCTURE; TRANSMEDIA; UBISOFT; VIDEO GAME;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84859948901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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