Mela Kocher
Mela Kocher (PhD), born in 1972. After publishing her dissertation in 2007 on aesthetics and narratology in video games, she spent two years on a post-doc project at the University of California, San Diego. Today she works as senior researcher in game design at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
transcript-Publications in the Research Fields: Cultural Studies, Digital and Social Media, Media Aesthetics, Media Studies, Popular Culture
Publications in the Series: Media Studies
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Narrative Mechanics
Strategies and Meanings in Games and Real Life
What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? The book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life.
Games and Rules
Game Mechanics for the »Magic Circle«
Why do we play games? What are the rules for the Magic Circle? This book takes a closer look at the motivational system that is the game mechanics.
Book Chapter
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The Aesthetics of Net Literature
The Ludoliterary Circle
Seiten 107 - 120 -
Narrative Mechanics
Frontmatter
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Contents
Seiten 5 - 8 -
Introduction
Seiten 9 - 16 -
Florence
Seiten 301 - 308 -
Authors
Seiten 355 - 362 -
Games and Rules
Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
Introduction
Seiten 7 - 16 -
Game Mechanics of Serious Urban Games
Seiten 267 - 290 -
Authors
Seite 317