• International Journal of Contents
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2011

This research discusses the unique characteristics of Japanese video game from the cultural viewpoint of Japan's traditional play. It starts with the possibility that Japanese video game can share the characteristics of traditional Japanese play. Accordingly, this research first considers the connection between play and video game for a theoretical background, by comparing their theoretical definitions and characteristics. Particularly, it shows the research direction from the viewpoint of Ludology that approaches video game from the aspect of play. Second, the characteristics of traditional Japanese play are examined in connection with Japan's inherent animism culture. Based on such characteristics, the common characteristics and backgrounds of Japanese video game and traditional Japanese play are discussed from the 'spatial' aspect of game, from the 'identity' aspect of game characters, and from the 'motive' behind playing game.

• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.375-388
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• 2008

The early studies on the cultural industries had mainly emphasized the viewpoint of "efficiency" based on the "flexible specialization" theory, but they have gradually shed light on the viewpoint of "creativity": creative human resources and various networks generating creative energies. Despite the importance of these studies, it is impossible to explain every cultural industrial agglomeration phenomena from specific and few viewpoints due to the diversity of each cultural industry. This study describes the dissimilarity of agglomeration factors between the Japanese animation and home video game industries which form salient agglomeration in the same region. Both industries share similar characteristics with industrial agglomeration of SMEs in Tokyo and close inter-firm relationships. However, they differ in their historical development paths and each firm's behavior and strategy because of their own distribution systems and production processes. In particular, the difference in distribution systems clearly affects whether a company values "efficiency" factors of agglomeration advantage or "creativity" factors of that in case of locational choice. The distribution sector of the cultural industry, compared with the production sector, has a tendency to value profitability rather than creation itself. Therefore, a cultural industry with the strong distribution sector tends to form the industrial system emphasizing profitability. The Japanese animation firm is apt to choose its location from the perspective of efficiency, which easily contributes to profitability, because television broadcasting stations are strong distribution sector. Conversely, the Japanese game firm chooses its location from the perspective of creativity due to the absence of strong distribution sector.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2017

게임 플레이어 캐릭터는 사건의 중심에 있으며 몰입에 지대한 영향을 미친다. 미국과 일본 게임 시장의 소비자를 이해하기 위해 플레이어 캐릭터 기초 특성인 나이와 성별을 비교분석할 필요가 있다. RPG와 어드벤처 장르에서 미국과 일본의 15년간 게임어워드 수상작을 연구대상으로 선정하여 나이와 성별을 분류하고 비교분석하였다. 일본 게임은 나이와 성별을 명시한 설정된 캐릭터 비율이 94.3%, 88.6%로 압도적으로 높았으나 미국 게임은 나이를 명시하지 않고 설정된 캐릭터가 가장 높았다. 본 연구는 미국과 일본 게임의 플레이어 캐릭터 나이와 성별에 설정에 차이가 있다는 점을 인식하게 하고 플레이어 캐릭터 설정의 가이드라인이 되어 게임 디자인 발전에 기여하고자 한다.