Ecocriticism – Digital Games Research Association, India

“Ludographic Metafiction”, Metaverses, and the Ecocriticism of FFVII: Remake-Darshana Jayemanne and Ruth EJ Booth

This talk explores the concept of “ludographic metafiction” in a reading of the self-reflexive ecocritical themes in Final Fantasy VII: Remake (Square-Enix 2020). Ludographic metafiction modifies Hutcheon’s concept of Historiographic Metafiction’ with Fantasy, Fan and Game Studies perspectives. On the one hand, LM designates the ways that fantastic metafictional and adaptational devices, such as alternativeContinue reading ““Ludographic Metafiction”, Metaverses, and the Ecocriticism of FFVII: Remake-Darshana Jayemanne and Ruth EJ Booth”

Dear colleagues, Next week – on Tuesday 12 October and Wednesday 13 October – we are organizing the Ecogames 2021 conference as part of the Pathways to Sustainability Conference Week Making Change Happen: Ecogames 2021: https://greenmedia.sites.uu.nl/green-media-at-uu/ecogames-conference-2021.  Making Change Happen: https://www.uu.nl/agenda/pathways-to-sustainability-conference-week-2021-making-change-happen.  If you are interested in attending our conference in person (the whole day or a specific time slot), please fill in this google form: https://forms.gle/6BYhN5Kvgfyi25CL6.Continue reading “Ecogames 2021 Conference”