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That Dragon, Cancer – a personal documentary in the form of a video game
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The article focuses on the That Dragon, Cancer, a computer game created by Amy and Ryan Green, which is about their son Joel’s disease and subsequent death. It analyses the means used to tell the story and deliver the emotions of the game’s authors: documentary elements and means of expression exclusive to the game medium (conscious use of failure, a form based on vignette games). It addresses the contexts of personal documentaries, their self-therapeutic aspect, and the phenomenon of “not-games” and “personal games”.
The article focuses on the That Dragon, Cancer, a computer game created by Amy and Ryan Green, which is about their son Joel’s disease and subsequent death. It analyses the means used to tell the story and deliver the emotions of the game’s authors: documentary elements and means of expression exclusive to the game medium (conscious use of failure, a form based on vignette games). It addresses the contexts of personal documentaries, their self-therapeutic aspect, and the phenomenon of “not-games” and “personal games”.
Keywords
That Dragon
Cancer
Ryan Green
Amy Green
Josh Larson
non-fiction in games
personal games
not-games
failure in games
vignette games
documentary and games
personal documentary
Our curse
Tomasz Śliwiński
Dys4ia
Anna Anthropy
Michaël Samyn
Sim
That Dragon
Cancer
Ryan Green
Amy Green
Josh Larson
non-fiction in games
personal games
not-games
failure in games
vignette games
documentary and games
personal documentary
Our curse
Tomasz Śliwiński
Dys4ia
Anna Anthropy
Michaël Samyn
Sim
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2018-04-26
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- Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. Leona Schillera w Łodzi
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bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_14746_i_2017_30_11_
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