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http://dx.doi.org/10.7583/JKGS.2015.15.2.33

Characteristics of the Mobility with Figurative Approach in Location based Games  

Kwon, Boh-Youn (Ewha Womans University Dept. of Digital Media)
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Journal of Korea Game Society / v.15, no.2, 2015 , pp. 33-42 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study analyzes location based game focused on the figurative characteristics of mobility. The purpose of this analysis is to extend the understandings of game mobility from technical side toward rhetorical territory. Christian Metz's film theory is appropriate for analysis of the game which is visual and combinational text. According as research findings, structuralize 5-layered spatial maps. And this kind of multi-layering structure generates figurative operations. Adaptive mobility by metaphor, it reflects player's real world movement into the virtual space. Metonymy brings given mobility, it reflects character's movement through all of the virtual maps.
Keywords
location based game; figure; metaphor; metonymy Christian Metz;
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