The Digital Role-Playing Game and Technical Communication

Name: The Digital Role-Playing Game and Technical Communication
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A History of Bethesda, BioWare, and CD Projekt Red

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With annual gross sales surpassing 100 billion U.S. dollars each of the last two years, the digital games industry may one day challenge theatrical-release movies as the highest-grossing entertainment media in the world. In their examination of the tremendous cultural influence of digital games, Daniel Reardon and David Wright analyze three companies that have shaped the industry: Bethesda, located in Rockville, Maryland, USA; BioWare in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and CD Projekt Red in Warsaw, Poland. Each company has used social media and technical content in the games to promote players’ belief that players control the companies’ game narratives. The result has been at times explosive, as empowered players often attempted to co-op the creative processes of games through discussion board forum demands, fund-raising campaigns to persuade companies to change or add game content, and modifications (“modding”) of the games through fan-created downloads. The result has changed the way we understand the interactive nature of digital games and the power of fan culture to shape those games.

Author Biography:

DANIEL REARDON currently serves as Interim Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education at Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA, where he also is on the faculty in the Department of English & Technical Communication. He teaches Science Fiction, Fantasy Literature, technical communication, and courses in the teaching of reading and writing. He has published articles about digital games, higher education administration, and the teaching of reading and writing. DAVID WRIGHT is the Professor of Technical Communication at Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA. His teaching and research interests include technology diffusion, digital communication, game studies, and usability studies. He has published articles on technical communication and digital communication.

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May 20th, 2021

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Tertiary Education (US: College)

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63 bw illus

Pages

344

ISBN-13

9781501352546

Product ID

33189351

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