Retoryka porażki. Semantyczne i perswazyjne funkcje przegranej w serious games, art games i grach głównego nurtu

• Authors: Sterczewski Piotr

Title variants

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RHETORIC OF FAILURE. SEMANTIC AND PERSUASIVE FUNCTIONS OF FAILURE IN SERIOUS GAMES, ART GAMES AND MAINSTREAM GAMES

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Procedural rhetoric is a methodological concept proposed by Ian Bogost. It allows to examine the ideology of a game considering both its mechanics and aesthetics. One of the means of procedural rhetoric is rhetoric of failure – using failure for persuasive purposes.The article elaborates on examples of using failure as a semantic and persuasive measure, especially in art games and serious games, and contrasts these means of expression with dominant tendencies in mainstream videogames.

Keywords

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COMPUTER GAMES; VIDEOGAMES; PROCEDURAL RHETORIC; RHETORIC OF FAILURE; SERIOUS GAMES; ART GAMES

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier (Games Research Association of Poland)
• Journal: Homo Ludens
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 1(5)
• Pages: 23-36
• Document type: article

Contributors

author

Sterczewski Piotr

• Piotr Sterczewski, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Instytut Sztuk Audiowizualnych, ul. Łojasiewicza 4 (II piętro), 30-348 Kraków, Poland

• Piotr Sterczewski, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Instytut Sztuk Audiowizualnych, ul. Łojasiewicza 4 (II piętro), 30-348 Kraków, Poland

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