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Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-23T11:09:41Z

Maren.kraemer:

''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' is an open world game of the ''Assassin’s Creed'' franchise and was published on multiple platforms in 2018. The main events unfold in the setting of the ancient greek empire, while a frame narrative is set in a modern day alternative reality.<ref> See also for further informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey </ref> In the very beginning of the game the player gets the chance to choose a character: one of the two siblings Alexios and Kassandra.

==About the Game==

<youtube>dC_vE4_a8mI</youtube>

==Research-Relevant Contents of the Game==

===Core Game Mechanics===
In the following section we will take a closer look at the core game mechanics of ''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' and analyze how they make the game unique. The focus will be on certain contents, that make the research within the game evident.

====Character Selection====
The game starts with a flashback on the Persian War, where the player gets to play the king Leonidas. After the events unfold the player changes characters and a short cutscene starts that is set in the modern day. While the frame-narrative figure lays in a device called the ‚Animus‘, the player gets to adjust the settings of the game, like the level of difficulty. The most interesting part in this interactive cut-scene is the selection of the character, which is the choice between the siblings Kassandra and Alexios. This character choice defines the course of the game to a certain degree. Even though the mechanics of the game stay the same the two characters move in a certain way and interact differently with other non-player-characters within the game. The stats of the characters aren't modified in the beginning at all.
[[File:The playable characters in the game.jpg|thumb|The two playable siblings Kassandra and Alexios|254x254px]]
 

====Playing with Perspectives====
Throughout the game the player is able to follow different fates of people which he encounters during his journey. Depending on if and how they help them, the player gets to see the consequences of his actions. The game therefore forces the player to make discrete decisions, whose outcome are not visible from the very beginning.

For example, the player is able to help a family that has gotten sick and faces execution by a few soldiers in the first area of the game. If the player decides to help the family he will later encounter another village where the habitants have died because of the same plague, that has been spread only because of the family they left alive. What matters therefore are the actions of the player, which get some kind of moral validation and are in that course rated. The player is forced to see different perspectives on topics and their moral actions are put to the test., rather than their ability to play the game 'well'.

 
==Related Research Approaches==

===Performing Gender===
Through the selection of the character in the beginning of the game, the player is able to 'perform' the characters gender. One can look at how the avatars are performing their gender identity and thereby how a player can be a part of that performance in general. Because of the choice of the player, whether to play Kassandra or Alexios, the game confronts the player with different gendered characters. The game itself makes aware of this discourse through certain comments NPC's make throughout the game. One example is a female woodcutter, who comments on the fact what a strange job it is for a woman to be a mercenary. That comment is only made when the player in the fist place chooses to play as Kassandra.

Even though the mechanics and main story stay the same, one can argue that there is a different experience in playing as Kassandra or Alexios. Looking at the [[Gender Performance]] within the game it is possible to detect different associations within the game world.

===Reflexivity on the Medium===
Through the so called 'Animus' device through which the players avatar is able to visit the Ancient Greek Empire the game reflects on a certain degree on its own mediality. Thus the player and the avatar find themselves in a unknown world in which they are confronted with certain mechanics they have to master in order the fulfill their mission.

===Morality of Decisions===
<references />
[[Category:Games]]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-23T11:08:45Z

Maren.kraemer: /* About the Game */

''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' is an open world game of the ''Assassin’s Creed'' franchise and was published on multiple platforms in 2018. The main events unfold in the setting of the ancient greek empire, while a frame narrative is set in a modern day alternative reality.<ref> See also for further informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey </ref> In the very beginning of the game the player gets the chance to choose a character: one of the two siblings Alexios and Kassandra.

==About the Game==

<youtube>?v=dC_vE4_a8mI</youtube>

==Research-Relevant Contents of the Game==

===Core Game Mechanics===
In the following section we will take a closer look at the core game mechanics of ''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' and analyze how they make the game unique. The focus will be on certain contents, that make the research within the game evident.

====Character Selection====
The game starts with a flashback on the Persian War, where the player gets to play the king Leonidas. After the events unfold the player changes characters and a short cutscene starts that is set in the modern day. While the frame-narrative figure lays in a device called the ‚Animus‘, the player gets to adjust the settings of the game, like the level of difficulty. The most interesting part in this interactive cut-scene is the selection of the character, which is the choice between the siblings Kassandra and Alexios. This character choice defines the course of the game to a certain degree. Even though the mechanics of the game stay the same the two characters move in a certain way and interact differently with other non-player-characters within the game. The stats of the characters aren't modified in the beginning at all.
[[File:The playable characters in the game.jpg|thumb|The two playable siblings Kassandra and Alexios|254x254px]]
 

====Playing with Perspectives====
Throughout the game the player is able to follow different fates of people which he encounters during his journey. Depending on if and how they help them, the player gets to see the consequences of his actions. The game therefore forces the player to make discrete decisions, whose outcome are not visible from the very beginning.

For example, the player is able to help a family that has gotten sick and faces execution by a few soldiers in the first area of the game. If the player decides to help the family he will later encounter another village where the habitants have died because of the same plague, that has been spread only because of the family they left alive. What matters therefore are the actions of the player, which get some kind of moral validation and are in that course rated. The player is forced to see different perspectives on topics and their moral actions are put to the test., rather than their ability to play the game 'well'.

 
==Related Research Approaches==

===Performing Gender===
Through the selection of the character in the beginning of the game, the player is able to 'perform' the characters gender. One can look at how the avatars are performing their gender identity and thereby how a player can be a part of that performance in general. Because of the choice of the player, whether to play Kassandra or Alexios, the game confronts the player with different gendered characters. The game itself makes aware of this discourse through certain comments NPC's make throughout the game. One example is a female woodcutter, who comments on the fact what a strange job it is for a woman to be a mercenary. That comment is only made when the player in the fist place chooses to play as Kassandra.

Even though the mechanics and main story stay the same, one can argue that there is a different experience in playing as Kassandra or Alexios. Looking at the [[Gender Performance]] within the game it is possible to detect different associations within the game world.

===Reflexivity on the Medium===
Through the so called 'Animus' device through which the players avatar is able to visit the Ancient Greek Empire the game reflects on a certain degree on its own mediality. Thus the player and the avatar find themselves in a unknown world in which they are confronted with certain mechanics they have to master in order the fulfill their mission.

===Morality of Decisions===
<references />
[[Category:Games]]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-23T11:08:15Z

Maren.kraemer:

''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' is an open world game of the ''Assassin’s Creed'' franchise and was published on multiple platforms in 2018. The main events unfold in the setting of the ancient greek empire, while a frame narrative is set in a modern day alternative reality.<ref> See also for further informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey </ref> In the very beginning of the game the player gets the chance to choose a character: one of the two siblings Alexios and Kassandra.

==About the Game==

<youtube>v=dC_vE4_a8mI</youtube>
==Research-Relevant Contents of the Game==

===Core Game Mechanics===
In the following section we will take a closer look at the core game mechanics of ''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' and analyze how they make the game unique. The focus will be on certain contents, that make the research within the game evident.

====Character Selection====
The game starts with a flashback on the Persian War, where the player gets to play the king Leonidas. After the events unfold the player changes characters and a short cutscene starts that is set in the modern day. While the frame-narrative figure lays in a device called the ‚Animus‘, the player gets to adjust the settings of the game, like the level of difficulty. The most interesting part in this interactive cut-scene is the selection of the character, which is the choice between the siblings Kassandra and Alexios. This character choice defines the course of the game to a certain degree. Even though the mechanics of the game stay the same the two characters move in a certain way and interact differently with other non-player-characters within the game. The stats of the characters aren't modified in the beginning at all.
[[File:The playable characters in the game.jpg|thumb|The two playable siblings Kassandra and Alexios|254x254px]]
 

====Playing with Perspectives====
Throughout the game the player is able to follow different fates of people which he encounters during his journey. Depending on if and how they help them, the player gets to see the consequences of his actions. The game therefore forces the player to make discrete decisions, whose outcome are not visible from the very beginning.

For example, the player is able to help a family that has gotten sick and faces execution by a few soldiers in the first area of the game. If the player decides to help the family he will later encounter another village where the habitants have died because of the same plague, that has been spread only because of the family they left alive. What matters therefore are the actions of the player, which get some kind of moral validation and are in that course rated. The player is forced to see different perspectives on topics and their moral actions are put to the test., rather than their ability to play the game 'well'.

 
==Related Research Approaches==

===Performing Gender===
Through the selection of the character in the beginning of the game, the player is able to 'perform' the characters gender. One can look at how the avatars are performing their gender identity and thereby how a player can be a part of that performance in general. Because of the choice of the player, whether to play Kassandra or Alexios, the game confronts the player with different gendered characters. The game itself makes aware of this discourse through certain comments NPC's make throughout the game. One example is a female woodcutter, who comments on the fact what a strange job it is for a woman to be a mercenary. That comment is only made when the player in the fist place chooses to play as Kassandra.

Even though the mechanics and main story stay the same, one can argue that there is a different experience in playing as Kassandra or Alexios. Looking at the [[Gender Performance]] within the game it is possible to detect different associations within the game world.

===Reflexivity on the Medium===
Through the so called 'Animus' device through which the players avatar is able to visit the Ancient Greek Empire the game reflects on a certain degree on its own mediality. Thus the player and the avatar find themselves in a unknown world in which they are confronted with certain mechanics they have to master in order the fulfill their mission.

===Morality of Decisions===
<references />
[[Category:Games]]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-23T11:07:08Z

Maren.kraemer:

''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' is an open world game of the ''Assassin’s Creed'' franchise and was published on multiple platforms in 2018. The main events unfold in the setting of the ancient greek empire, while a frame narrative is set in a modern day alternative reality.<ref> See also for further informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey </ref> In the very beginning of the game the player gets the chance to choose a character: one of the two siblings Alexios and Kassandra.

==About the Game==
 
==Research-Relevant Contents of the Game==

===Core Game Mechanics===
In the following section we will take a closer look at the core game mechanics of ''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' and analyze how they make the game unique. The focus will be on certain contents, that make the research within the game evident.

====Character Selection====
The game starts with a flashback on the Persian War, where the player gets to play the king Leonidas. After the events unfold the player changes characters and a short cutscene starts that is set in the modern day. While the frame-narrative figure lays in a device called the ‚Animus‘, the player gets to adjust the settings of the game, like the level of difficulty. The most interesting part in this interactive cut-scene is the selection of the character, which is the choice between the siblings Kassandra and Alexios. This character choice defines the course of the game to a certain degree. Even though the mechanics of the game stay the same the two characters move in a certain way and interact differently with other non-player-characters within the game. The stats of the characters aren't modified in the beginning at all.
[[File:The playable characters in the game.jpg|thumb|The two playable siblings Kassandra and Alexios|254x254px]]
 

====Playing with Perspectives====
Throughout the game the player is able to follow different fates of people which he encounters during his journey. Depending on if and how they help them, the player gets to see the consequences of his actions. The game therefore forces the player to make discrete decisions, whose outcome are not visible from the very beginning.

For example, the player is able to help a family that has gotten sick and faces execution by a few soldiers in the first area of the game. If the player decides to help the family he will later encounter another village where the habitants have died because of the same plague, that has been spread only because of the family they left alive. What matters therefore are the actions of the player, which get some kind of moral validation and are in that course rated. The player is forced to see different perspectives on topics and their moral actions are put to the test., rather than their ability to play the game 'well'.

 
==Related Research Approaches==

===Performing Gender===
Through the selection of the character in the beginning of the game, the player is able to 'perform' the characters gender. One can look at how the avatars are performing their gender identity and thereby how a player can be a part of that performance in general. Because of the choice of the player, whether to play Kassandra or Alexios, the game confronts the player with different gendered characters. The game itself makes aware of this discourse through certain comments NPC's make throughout the game. One example is a female woodcutter, who comments on the fact what a strange job it is for a woman to be a mercenary. That comment is only made when the player in the fist place chooses to play as Kassandra.

Even though the mechanics and main story stay the same, one can argue that there is a different experience in playing as Kassandra or Alexios. Looking at the [[Gender Performance]] within the game it is possible to detect different associations within the game world.

===Reflexivity on the Medium===
Through the so called 'Animus' device through which the players avatar is able to visit the Ancient Greek Empire the game reflects on a certain degree on its own mediality. Thus the player and the avatar find themselves in a unknown world in which they are confronted with certain mechanics they have to master in order the fulfill their mission.

===Morality of Decisions===
<references />
[[Category:Games]]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-23T11:05:17Z

Maren.kraemer:

''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' is an open world game of the ''Assassin’s Creed'' franchise and was published on multiple platforms in 2018. The main events unfold in the setting of the ancient greek empire, while a frame narrative is set in a modern day alternative reality.<ref> See also for further informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey </ref> In the very beginning of the game the player gets the chance to choose a character: one of the two siblings Alexios and Kassandra.

== About the Game ==

==Research-Relevant Contents of the Game==

===Core Game Mechanics===
In the following section we will take a closer look at the core game mechanics of ''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' and analyze how they make the game unique. The focus will be on certain contents, that make the research within the game evident.

====Character Selection====
The game starts with a flashback on the Persian War, where the player gets to play the king Leonidas. After the events unfold the player changes characters and a short cutscene starts that is set in the modern day. While the frame-narrative figure lays in a device called the ‚Animus‘, the player gets to adjust the settings of the game, like the level of difficulty. The most interesting part in this interactive cut-scene is the selection of the character, which is the choice between the siblings Kassandra and Alexios. This character choice defines the course of the game to a certain degree. Even though the mechanics of the game stay the same the two characters move in a certain way and interact differently with other non-player-characters within the game. The stats of the characters aren't modified in the beginning at all.
[[File:The playable characters in the game.jpg|thumb|The two playable siblings Kassandra and Alexios|254x254px]]
 

====Playing with Perspectives====
Throughout the game the player is able to follow different fates of people which he encounters during his journey. Depending on if and how they help them, the player gets to see the consequences of his actions. The game therefore forces the player to make discrete decisions, whose outcome are not visible from the very beginning.

For example, the player is able to help a family that has gotten sick and faces execution by a few soldiers in the first area of the game. If the player decides to help the family he will later encounter another village where the habitants have died because of the same plague, that has been spread only because of the family they left alive. What matters therefore are the actions of the player, which get some kind of moral validation and are in that course rated. The player is forced to see different perspectives on topics and their moral actions are put to the test., rather than their ability to play the game 'well'.

 
==Related Research Approaches==

===Performing Gender===
Through the selection of the character in the beginning of the game, the player is able to 'perform' the characters gender. One can look at how the avatars are performing their gender identity and thereby how a player can be a part of that performance in general. Because of the choice of the player, whether to play Kassandra or Alexios, the game confronts the player with different gendered characters. The game itself makes aware of this discourse through certain comments NPC's make throughout the game. One example is a female woodcutter, who comments on the fact what a strange job it is for a woman to be a mercenary. That comment is only made when the player in the fist place chooses to play as Kassandra.

Even though the mechanics and main story stay the same, one can argue that there is a different experience in playing as Kassandra or Alexios. Looking at the [[Gender Performance]] within the game it is possible to detect different associations within the game world.

===Reflexivity on the Medium===
Through the so called 'Animus' device through which the players avatar is able to visit the Ancient Greek Empire the game reflects on a certain degree on its own mediality. Thus the player and the avatar find themselves in a unknown world in which they are confronted with certain mechanics they have to master in order the fulfill their mission.

===Morality of Decisions===
<references />
[[Category:Games]]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-22T17:38:25Z

Maren.kraemer: Text edit

''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' is an open world game of the ''Assassin’s Creed'' franchise and was published on multiple platforms in 2018. The main events unfold in the setting of the ancient greek empire, while a frame narrative is set in a modern day alternative reality.<ref> See also for further informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey </ref> In the very beginning of the game the player gets the chance to choose a character: one of the two siblings Alexios and Kassandra.

==Research-Relevant Contents of the Game==

===Core Game Mechanics===
In the following section we will take a closer look at the core game mechanics of ''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' and analyze how they make the game unique. The focus will be on certain contents, that make the research within the game evident.

====Character Selection====
The game starts with a flashback on the Persian War, where the player gets to play the king Leonidas. After the events unfold the player changes characters and a short cutscene starts that is set in the modern day. While the frame-narrative figure lays in a device called the ‚Animus‘, the player gets to adjust the settings of the game, like the level of difficulty. The most interesting part in this interactive cut-scene is the selection of the character, which is the choice between the siblings Kassandra and Alexios. This character choice defines to a certain degree the game course. Even though the mechanics of the game stay the same the two figures move in a certain way and interact differently with other non-player-characters within the game. The stats of the characters aren't modified in the beginning at all.
[[File:The playable characters in the game.jpg|thumb|The two playable siblings Kassandra and Alexios|254x254px]]
 

====Playing with Perspectives====
Through the course of the game the player is able to follow different fates of people which he encounters during his journey. Depending on if and how he or she helped them, the player gets to see the consequences of his actions. The game therefore forces the player to make discrete decisions, whose outcome are not visible from the very beginning.

For example is the player in the first area of the game able to help a family that has gotten sick and faces execution by a few soldiers. If the player decides to help the family he will later encounter another village where the habitants have died because of the same plague, that has been spread only because of the family he or she left alive. What matters therefore are the actions of the player, which get some kind of moral validation and are in that course rated. The player is forced to see different perspectives on topics and his or hers moral actions are put to the test., rather than his or hers ability to play the game 'well'.

 
==Related Research Approaches==

===Performing Gender===
Through the selection of the character in the beginning of the game, the player is able to 'perform' the characters gender. One can look at how the avatars are performing their gender identity and thereby how a player can be a part of that performance in general. Because of the choice of the player, whether to play Kassandra or Alexios, the game confronts the player with different gendered characters. The game itself makes aware of this discourse through certain comments NPC's make throughout the game. One example is a female woodcutter, who comments on the fact what a strange job it is for a woman to be a mercenary. That comment is only made when the player in the fist place chooses to play as Kassandra.

Even though the mechanics and main story stay the same, one can argue that there is a different experience in playing as Kassandra or Alexios. Looking at the [[Gender Performance]] within the game it is possible to detect different associations within the game world.

===Reflexivity on the Medium===
Through the so called 'Animus' device through which the players avatar is able to visit the Ancient Greek Empire the game reflects on a certain degree on its own mediality. Thus the player and the avatar find themselves in a unknown world in which they are confronted with certain mechanics they have to master in order the fulfill their mission.

=== Morality of Decisions ===
<references />
[[Category:Games]]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-21T08:40:05Z

Maren.kraemer:

Gender Performance

2020-01-16T11:42:52Z

Maren.kraemer:

Gender Performance is a term that was defined by [[Judith Butler]] in her text ''Gender is Burning''. <ref> Judith Butler: Gender is Burning. In: Sue Thornham (Hrsg.): Feminist Film Theory: A Reader New York: NYU Press, 1999. S. 381-395. </ref> The text deals with the topic of performance, which produces the concept of gender. Gender is therefore a certain kind of performance by an individual and not something that is given by birth. It is a learned behavior that is measured by its "realness".<ref>Ibid., p. 387.</ref>

===How is Gender Performed in Video Games===
<youtube>4rLAomWxuQI</youtube>

<references />
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[[Category:Research Approaches]]

Gender Performance

2020-01-16T11:42:14Z

Maren.kraemer:

Gender Performance is a term that was defined by [[Judith Butler]] in her text ''Gender is Burning''. <ref> Judith Butler: Gender is Burning. In: Sue Thornham (Hrsg.): Feminist Film Theory: A Reader New York: NYU Press, 1999. S. 381-395. </ref> The text deals with the topic of performance, which produces the concept of gender. Gender is therefore a certain kind of performance by an individual and not something that is given by birth. It is a learned behavior that is measured by its "realness".<ref>Ibid., p. 387.</ref>

===How is Gender Performed in Video Games===
<youtube>4rLAomWxuQI<youtube>

<references />
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[[Category:Research Approaches]]

Gender Performance

2020-01-16T11:41:15Z

Maren.kraemer:

Gender Performance is a term that was defined by [[Judith Butler]] in her text ''Gender is Burning''. <ref> Judith Butler: Gender is Burning. In: Sue Thornham (Hrsg.): Feminist Film Theory: A Reader New York: NYU Press, 1999. S. 381-395. </ref> The text deals with the topic of performance, which produces the concept of gender. Gender is therefore a certain kind of performance by an individual and not something that is given by birth. It is a learned behavior that is measured by its "realness".<ref>Ibid., p. 387.</ref>

===How is Gender Performed in Video Games===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rLAomWxuQI<youtube>

<references />
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[[Category:Research Approaches]]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-16T11:24:05Z

Maren.kraemer:

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-16T11:23:37Z

Maren.kraemer:

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-16T11:22:04Z

Maren.kraemer:

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-09T12:07:31Z

Maren.kraemer: Text and Format editing

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2020-01-09T12:05:08Z

Maren.kraemer:

Quelle: https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/assassins-creed-odyssey-66-prozent-der-spieler-waehlen-alexios-statt-kassandra-ubisoft-ueberrascht,3338494.html

Talk:Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-09T11:36:52Z

Maren.kraemer: Created page with "Tutorials construct an ideal player that can navigate in the game world --> in the same way the 'real' player is always confronted with the choices/ chances that he didn't take?"

Tutorials construct an ideal player that can navigate in the game world --> in the same way the 'real' player is always confronted with the choices/ chances that he didn't take?

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-09T11:26:49Z

Maren.kraemer:

The Beginner's Guide

2020-01-09T11:23:21Z

Maren.kraemer:

==About the Game==
''The Beginner's Guide'' is a [[Walking Simulator|walking simulator]], which was published in 2015 by Davey Wreden. The game presents itself as a collection of an anonymous developer named Coda, and is narrated by Wreden himself, who does some minor edits while the player is 'walking through' the levels. Therefore the game can be related to several topics of the game studies: there are certain levels of [[Self-Reflexivity|self-reflexivity]] and meta media, the question of authorship in video-games and playability in general.

==Content of the Game==

===Core Game Mechanics===
 
==Related Research Approaches==

===Reflexivity on the Medium===

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

2020-01-09T11:19:36Z

Maren.kraemer:

Genre

2020-01-09T10:54:06Z

Maren.kraemer:

The term genre means in its broadest sense a classification of content in literature, arts and media. There are many approaches when it comes to genre theory. Here we will define one certain way for characterizing genre as an always changing category, that can mostly be described historically. Looking at genre not only as a way of mark the style of games, but also as a certain feature a group of games share with each other. Therefore a game can be sorted in more than one genre. The term genre can be associated with the term of the "discourse"<ref>Foucault, Michel: Das historische Apriori und das Archiv, in: Claus Pias u.a. (Editors): Kursbuch Medienkultur, 6th Edition, München 2008.</ref> following the french philosopher [[Foucault, Michel|Michel Foucault]]. He defines a discourse over its own positivity, meaning everything that has been said to a certain topic: "Das Apriori der Positivitäten ist nicht nur das System einer zeitlichen Streuung; es ist selbst ein transformierbares Ganzes."<ref>Ibid., p. 490.</ref> A discourse and thus also a genre can change their meaning over time. Through certain degrees of disruption new genres can evolve. The figure of the "parasite"<ref>Serres, Michel: Der Parasit [1980]. Nachdr. 1. Aufl. Frankfurt/M. 2009.</ref> becomes productive for that kind of thinking with the interference.
<references />

Genre

2019-12-19T07:06:46Z

Maren.kraemer:

The term genre means in its broadest sense a classification of content in literature, arts and media. There are many approaches when it comes to genre theory. Here we will define one certain way for defining genre as an always changing category, that can mostly be defined historically. Looking at genre not only as a way of mark the style of games, but also as a certain feature a group of games share with each other. Therefore a game can be sorted in more than one genre. The term genre can be associated with the term of the "discourse"<ref>Foucault, Michel: Das historische Apriori und das Archiv, in: Claus Pias u.a. (Editors): Kursbuch Medienkultur, 6th Edition, München 2008.</ref> following the french philosopher [[Foucault, Michel|Michel Foucault]]. He defines a discourse over its own positivity, meaning everything that has been said to a certain topic: "Das Apriori der Positivitäten ist nicht nur das System einer zeitlichen Streuung; es ist selbst ein transformierbares Ganzes."<ref>Ibid., p. 490.</ref> A discourse and thus also a genre can change their meaning over time. Through certain degrees of disruption new genres can evolve. The figure of the "parasite"<ref>Serres, Michel: Der Parasit [1980]. Nachdr. 1. Aufl. Frankfurt/M. 2009.</ref> becomes productive for that kind of thinking with the interference.
<references />

Genre

2019-12-18T12:00:13Z

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On this page we want to share our way of thinking about game genres. Looking a them not only as a way of mark the style of games, but also as a certain feature a group of games share with each other. Therefore a game can be sorted in more than one genre. The term genre can be associated with the term of the "discourse"<ref>Foucault, Michel: Das historische Apriori und das Archiv, in: Claus Pias u.a. (Editors): Kursbuch Medienkultur, 6th Edition, München 2008.</ref> following the french philosopher [[Foucault, Michel|Michel Foucault]]. He defines a discourse over its own positivity, meaning everything that has been said to a certain topic: "Das Apriori der Positivitäten ist nicht nur das System einer zeitlichen Streuung; es ist selbst ein transformierbares Ganzes."<ref>Ibid., p. 490.</ref> A discourse and thus also a genre can change their meaning over time. Through certain degrees of disruption new genres can evolve. The figure of the "parasite"<ref>Serres, Michel: Der Parasit [1980]. Nachdr. 1. Aufl. Frankfurt/M. 2009.</ref> becomes productive for that kind of thinking with the interference.
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Glossary

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Genre

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Genre

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Gender Performance

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Gender Performance is a term that was defined by [[Judith Butler]] in her text ''Gender is Burning''. <ref> Judith Butler: Gender is Burning. In: Sue Thornham (Hrsg.): Feminist Film Theory: A Reader New York: NYU Press, 1999. S. 381-395. </ref> The text deals with the topic of performance, which produces the concept of gender. Gender is therefore a certain kind of performance by an individual and not something that is given by birth. It is a learned behavior that is measured by its "realness".<ref>Ibid., p. 387.</ref>

===How is Gender Performed in Video Games===
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rLAomWxuQI
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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==Data protection==

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Genre

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Gender Performance

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Gender Performance is a term that was defined by [[Judith Butler]] in her text ''Gender is Burning''. <ref> Judith Butler: Gender is Burning. In: Sue Thornham (Hrsg.): Feminist Film Theory: A Reader New York: NYU Press, 1999. S. 381-395. </ref> The text deals with the topic of performance, which produces the concept of gender. Gender is therefore a certain kind of performance by an individual and not something that is given by birth. It is a learned behavior that is measured by its "realness".<ref>Ibid., p. 387.</ref>

=== How is Gender Performed in Video Games ===
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rLAomWxuQI
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The Beginner's Guide

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==About the Game==
''The Beginner's Guide'' is a walking simulator, which was published in 2015 by Davey Wreden. The game presents itself as a collection of an anonymous developer named Coda, and is narrated by Wreden himself, who does some minor edits while the player is 'walking through' the levels. Therefore the game can be related to several topics of the game studies: there are certain levels of [[Self-Reflexivity|self-reflexivity]] and meta media, the question of authorship in video-games and playability in general.

== Content of the Game ==

=== Core Game Mechanics ===

== Related Research Approaches ==

=== Reflexivity on the Medium ===

Category:Games

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The Games site features a compilation of selected computer and video games. This set does consitute neither a complete nor a canocial overview over computer games. Instead, the collected games depict distinct approaches to different fields of research. The games illustrate specific aspects concering for instance the game mechanics, the narration or the game-player-interaction.
 

Selected Games

[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey]]

[[Civilization / Age of Empires]]

[[Diablo: Immortal|Diablo Immortal]]

[[Gran Turismo: Sport|Gran Turismo]]

[[Hearthstone]]

[[Soul Calibur|Soul Calibur]]

[[The Beginner's Guide]]

[[The Sims 4|The Sims]]

[[The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]]

[[World of Warcraft]]

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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==About the Game==
''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' is an open world game of the ''Assassin’s Creed'' franchise and was published on multiple platforms in 2018. The main events unfold in the setting of the ancient greek empire, while a frame narrative is set in a modern day alternative reality.<ref> See also for further informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey </ref> In the very beginning of the game the player gets the chance to choose a character: one of the two siblings Alexios and Kassandra.

 

== Core Game Mechanics ==

=== Character Selection ===

=== Playing with Perspectives ===
 
==Performing Gender==
Looking at the term [[Gender Performance|gender performance]]<ref>Judith Butler: Gender is Burning. In: Sue Thornham (Hrsg.): Feminist Film Theory: A Reader New York: NYU Press, 1999. S. 381-395.</ref> following Judith Butler, one must assume that gender in its general and broad sense is nothing natural or biological. Rather is gender a fluid term that exists in the way it is performed. Therefore in the game ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'' one can look at how the two characters are performing their gender identity and thereby how a player can be a part of that performance.

== Reflexivity on the Medium ==
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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==About the Game==
''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' is an open world game of the ''Assassin’s Creed'' franchise and was published on multiple platforms in 2018. The main events unfold in the setting of the ancient greek empire, while a frame narrative is set in a modern day alternative reality.<ref> See also for further informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey </ref> In the very beginning of the game the player gets the chance to choose a character: one of the two siblings Alexios and Kassandra.

==Gender Performance in Games==
Looking at the term [[Gender Performance|gender performance]]<ref>Judith Butler: Gender is Burning. In: Sue Thornham (Hrsg.): Feminist Film Theory: A Reader New York: NYU Press, 1999. S. 381-395.</ref> following Judith Butler, one must assume that gender in its general and broad sense is nothing natural or biological. Rather is gender a fluid term that exists in the way it is performed. Therefore in the game ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'' one can look at how the two characters are performing their gender identity and thereby how a player can be a part of that performance.
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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===About the Game===
''Assassin’s Creed Odyssey'' is an open world game of the ''Assassin’s Creed'' franchise and was published on multiple platforms in 2018. The main events unfold in the setting of the ancient greek empire, while a frame narrative is set in a modern day alternative reality.<ref> See also for further informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey </ref> In the very beginning of the game the player gets the chance to choose a character: one of the two siblings Alexios and Kassandra.

===Gender Performance in Games===
Looking at the term [[Gender Performance|gender performance]]<ref>Judith Butler: Gender is Burning. In: Sue Thornham (Hrsg.): Feminist Film Theory: A Reader New York: NYU Press, 1999. S. 381-395.</ref> following Judith Butler, one must assume that gender in its general and broad sense is nothing natural or biological. Rather is gender a fluid term that exists in the way it is performed. Therefore in the game ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'' one can look at how the two characters are performing their gender identity and thereby how a player can be a part of that performance.
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Games

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The Games site features a compilation of selected computer and video games. This set does consitute neither a complete nor a canocial overview over computer games. Instead, the collected games depict distinct approaches to different fields of research. The games illustrate specific aspects concering for instance the game mechanics, the narration or the game-player-interaction.
 
 
<div style="background-color: #92A8D1; border:5px solid #92A8D1; font-weight:bolder">Selected Games
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[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey]]

[[Civilization / Age of Empires]]

[[Diablo: Immortal|Diablo Immortal]]

[[Simulation Games|Gran Turismo]]

[[Hearthstone|Hearthstone]]

[[Soul Calibur]]

[[The Beginner's Guide]]

[[Simulation Games|The Sims]]

[[Witcher: Wild Hunt]]

[[World of Warcraft]]
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Gender Performance

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Gender Performance is a term that was defined by [[Judith Butler]] in her text ''Gender is Burning''. <ref> Judith Butler: Gender is Burning. In: Sue Thornham (Hrsg.): Feminist Film Theory: A Reader New York: NYU Press, 1999. S. 381-395. </ref> The text deals with the topic of performance, which produces the concept of gender. Gender is therefore a certain kind of performance by an individual and not something that is given by birth. It is a learned behavior that is measured by its "realness".<ref>Ibid., p. 387.</ref>
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