{"id":663,"date":"2020-09-15T18:40:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T18:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/?p=663"},"modified":"2020-09-15T18:41:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T18:41:34","slug":"when-the-fourth-layer-meets-the-fourth-wall-the-case-for-critical-game-retellings-sych-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/?p=663","title":{"rendered":"When the Fourth Layer Meets the Fourth Wall: The Case for Critical Game Retellings (Sych 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Steven Sych. When the Fourth Layer Meets the Fourth Wall: The Case for Critical Game Retellings. <em>Proceedings of ICIDS<\/em> 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Game retellings are when a player tells of the significant moments arising from their experiences of a game. It has been suggested that retellings are a marker of a game\u2019s success, insofar as they are evidence that the game has produced something worth telling to others. This paper argues that a subset of retellings take a critical stance towards their \u2018own\u2019 game, surfacing failures and breakdowns and rendering them the objects of shared public scrutiny. These are self-reflexively critical retellings, and they present an underutilized tool for scholars and designers of interactive narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/FourthWallCameraReady-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download PDF<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Sych. When the Fourth Layer Meets the Fourth Wall: The Case for Critical Game Retellings. Proceedings of ICIDS 2020. Abstract Game retellings are when a player tells of the significant moments arising from their experiences of a game. It has been suggested that retellings are a marker of a game\u2019s success, insofar as they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lablablab.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}