18. Study on the player identity in post-apocalyptic games

Title(KR)

• 포스트 아포칼립스 게임의 플레이어 정체성 연구

Title(ENG)

• Study on the player identity in post-apocalyptic games

Keywords(KR)

• Post apocalyptic games, The world view of games, Player identity, Homo sacer

Keywords(ENG)

• Post apocalyptic games, The world view of games, Player identity, Homo sacer

Author

• Hye-won Han, and Se-yeon Chang

Abstract(ENG)

This paper aims to investigate how player's identity is built by analyzing post-apocalyptic games. The post-apocalyptic game is the game which is set in a virtual world after catastrophe. This study analyzes the settings, characters, and a narrative structure of the post-apocalyptic games. As the result, post-apocalyptic games establish the existential identity of the player. The post-apocalyptic game is a kind of realism text which precisely reflect real world, and the player could find out his identity in games as a Homo sacer which is the mixture that consists of a non-hero persona in the game and a safe person in reality. Post-apocalyptic games can be alternative media which help the player experience existential discourse in real world in 21st century.

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